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WHO urges 'immediate' food, medical aid for Tigray
WHO urges 'immediate' food, medical aid for Tigray
Africa
by  AFP

The WHO called Wednesday for a massive influx of food and medicines into Ethiopia's Tigray region following the ceasefire deal, saying desperately-needed aid had not yet been allowed in. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the breakthrough ceasefire agreement reached last Wednesday but warned it was already a week on "and nothing is moving in terms terms of food aid or medicines.

More than 130 seals found dead on Caspian beaches
More than 130 seals found dead on Caspian beaches
World
by  AFP

More than 130 endangered seals have been found dead on Kazakh beaches of the Caspian Sea, officials said Wednesday. "Carcasses of dead seals have been found," a spokesman for Kazakhstan's ecology ministry told AFP. His ministry said 131 seals had been found dead on Caspian Sea beaches in the country's west.

Twitter unveils 'official' label for top accounts
Twitter unveils 'official' label for top accounts
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Twitter on Wednesday unveiled a new gray "official" label for certain accounts as it revamps the highly influential platform following Elon Musk's buyout. The rollout of the new official label began on Wednesday and was on accounts of companies such as Apple or BMW and public ones such as the White House or the German Bundestag parliament.

Thinning Greenland ice sheet may mean more sea level rise: study
Thinning Greenland ice sheet may mean more sea level rise: study
World
by  AFP

Part of Greenland's ice sheet is thinning further inland than previously believed, which will likely lead to greater sea level rise by the end of this century, a new study found Wednesday. It found that the thinning could add between 13.5 and 15.5 millimetres to sea levels by the end of this century -- equivalent to the entire Greenland ice sheet's contribution during the past 50 years.

France, Italy wrangle over migrant rescue ship
France, Italy wrangle over migrant rescue ship
World
by  AFP

Tensions mounted between France and Italy on Wednesday over the fate of an NGO ship carrying 234 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, with Paris calling the refusal by Italian authorities to let the vessel dock "unacceptable."