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WEF warns global economy weakens in 2024
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 16th Jan.World Economic Forum on Monday said over half (56 per cent) of chief economists expect the global economy to weaken in 2024.
According to the latest ‘Chief Economists Outlook’ the global…
UNICEF calls for radyical change to give relief access in Gaza, warns famine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Jan. UNICEF on Monday issued a joint appeal for greater aid access to Gaza expressed renewed fears of death due to famine and disease unless there is a “fundamental step change” in…
UN agencies appeals $4.2B for Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Jan. UN relief chief Martin Griffiths on Monday issued an urgent appeal together with the UNHCR for $4.2 billion. Nearly two years since Russian forces launched a “full-blown war and…
WHO launches $1.5B healthcare appeal to reach 87M in 2024
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Jan. World health agency on Monday launched a $1.5 billion emergency appeal to provide care to over 87 million people this year in 41 ongoing crises, including in the occupied Palestinian…
Guterres calls for Gaza ceasefire, deplores ‘collective punishment’ of Palestinians
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Jan. UN chief António Guterres on Monday has emphasized the imperative to establish “basic conditions” to facilitate safe and full-scale aid delivery to civilians in Gaza as he stressed that…
WFP supports climate adaptation in Basra region
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Jan. According to the press release issued by Basrah Gas Company and the World Food Programme on Monday signed an agreement to support of local farmers in the Al Zubair district of the…
CERF allocates $10m funds for Sudan refugees
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Jan. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths on Monday has allocated $10 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund to support men, women and children fleeing the…
UNICEF warns troubled year for children globally
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Jan. UNICEF released a study on Monday stated that children are likely to see increased exposure to violence and war and economic hardship in 2024 across the world.
UNICEF study looks ahead…
US SEC approves ETFs to track Bitcoin
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 12th Jan. US securities regulator SEC on Thursday approved the first US-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) to track bitcoin in a significant development in a watershed for the world’s largest…
MGM Studios reports Amazon Prime Video laid off hundreds of workers
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 12th Jan. Amazon ON Thursday reportedly laid off several hundreds of employees in its Prime Video and MGM Studios, according to news media reports.
Mike Hopkins, Senior Vice President of the…