More than $US2.2 billion promised for global refugee crisis at UN forum
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Countries and businesses at a major UN forum pledged more than $US2.2 billion towards a global displacement crisis and promised jobs for tens of thousands of refugees in an outcome the United Nations chief said would help “stem the tide of misery”. Thousands of people from aid agencies, businesses and civil society […]
Rebel fire and China’s ire: Inside Myanmar’s anti-junta offensive
Reuters journalists talk to those behind the rebel offensive in Myanmar launched in October…
Gaza families beg for bread, eat donkey meat as aid deliveries falter
Cairo, Egypt Reuters People in Gaza described begging for bread, paying 50 times more than usual for a single can of beans and slaughtering a donkey to feed a family as food aid trucks were unable to reach most parts of the bombarded Palestinian territory. Israel was pounding the length of the Gaza Strip in […]