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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the Government of the kingdom Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), have signed a cooperation agreement worth US $5 million in support of Syrian internally displaced persons.The agreement, which was signed at the Saudi Fund for Development’s headquarters (SFD) in Riyadh, KSA by Dr. Khalid Bin Sulaiman AlKhudairy, SFD’s Vice President and Managing Director, and Khaled Khalifa, UNHCR Regional Representative to the GCC, is to improve shelter conditions for internally displaced Syrians.This generous contribution by the government of the Saudi Arabia comes at a time in which the Syrian crisis, now in its eighth year, has forced over 6.6 million Syrians to flee their homes inside the country,in addition to forcing some 5.6 million...
August 08, 2018
The UN Refugee Agency and the Government of Saudi Arabia sign MoU to assist internally displaced Syrians
August 08, 2018
Honduran teachers unite to save education system
By Xavier BourgoisThe dilapidated delivery room at a small health centre in northern Cameroon is without power and adjoins an abandoned toilet.The beds, meant to receive young mothers, are stained and unusable.“We lack everything: staff, drugs, beds,” explains Paul Korke, the supervisor at the centre in this ramshackle border village.The clinic has just two state-sponsored medics to care for the 30 to 50 women and children who use the centre each day, some residents and other refugees who have fled violence in the neighbouring Central African Republic.Poverty and underdevelopment in this poor corner of Cameroon affects refugees and residents alike.For this reason, the World Bank, supported by UNHCR, is providing targeted support for these underdeveloped regions hosting refugees to...
August 08, 2018
Innovative Cameroon project will benefit refugees and hosts
August 07, 2018
Pink cancels Sydney shows after being hospitalized
NEW YORK - Beyonce has called for a greater acceptance of naturally curvy figures, saying she was listening more to her body after giving birth to twins by Caesarean section last year.The 36-year-old pop superstar, one of the most photographed women in the world, posed for the latest issue of Vogue magazine without makeup, hair extensions or wigs."I think it's important for women and men to see and appreciate the beauty in their natural bodies," she said in an accompanying essay.Beyonce, who is married to rap mogul Jay-Z, recalled that she had quickly tried to slim down after giving birth to her first child, Blue Ivy, in January 2012.But revealing details for the first time about giving birth in June 2017 to twins Rumi and Sir, Beyonce said she had needed a month of bed rest...
August 07, 2018
Mother Beyonce wants acceptance of curvier bodies
August 07, 2018
China says no to Winnie the Pooh film over comparisons with president
NEW YORK - Robert Redford, the screen legend and Oscar winner, has announced that he's retiring from acting at the grand old age of 81, with upcoming movie "The Old Man & The Gun" his last gig in front of the camera.The actor, director and founder of the Sundance Institute and its film festival, began his career on stage 60 years ago, before moving into television and film, and eventually into directing."Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting," he told Entertainment Weekly. "(I'll) move toward retirement after this 'cause I've been doing it since I was 21," he said."I thought, well, that's enough. And why not go out with something that's very upbeat and positive?"His...
August 07, 2018
Robert Redford retiring from acting at 81
COLON, Mich. - An Amish man in Michigan is putting a new spin on ride-sharing with his horse and buggy service that he branded "Amish Uber." Timothy Hochstedler of St. Joseph County said he started offering $5 rides in his horse-drawn buggy in the city of Colon after learning about Uber, the app-based ride sharing service. "Uber is a cool thing, every single year something new comes in and Uber is hot right now, so we have the Amish Uber. We can deliver people to their front door steps," Hochstedler told WWMT-TV. Hochstedler, who is not affiliated with Uber, said most of his customers are tourists, but locals also enjoy his services. "Most of them aren't from Colon, but the Colon people have given me a few options like, 'Would you give me a ride to...
August 07, 2018
Amish man starts ‘Uber’ ride service with his horse-and-buggy
August 06, 2018
Cruise beats Pooh as 'Mission Impossible' again tops box office
August 06, 2018
Demi Lovato breaks silence after apparent drug overdose
