While wealthy and middle-income nations are closing the gap, the poorest countries have a coverage rate of just 9.6 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The communist regime at Pyongyang commits every imaginable abuse, ranging from murder and enslavement to rape and sexual violence to repression of ...

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New West Ham United women’s team midfielder Oona Siren is relishing the opportunity to play in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

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More than 100 Pakistan police who provide security for polio vaccination teams in restive border areas went on strike on Thursday after a string of deadly militant attacks this week.

Carrying children on their backs or rowing the elderly on makeshift rafts through rising waters on Thursday, tens of thousands of Myanmar residents fled severe flooding triggered by the deadly ...

"To move away from humanitarian assistance, fundamental improvements to health care infrastructure, including increased electricity supply, access to clean water, upgrading of medical equipment and ...

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Former England manager Gareth Southgate has claimed that he is in no hurry to take a new job as he wants to take some time off and reset. Southgate left the England job after the Euro 2024 campaign.