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[1/4] People look at a damaged road after heavy rains caused floods and landslides, on the outskirts of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. REUTERS/Justin MakangaraKINSHASA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The death toll after heavy flooding in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa this week has risen to 169, the United Nations' humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Friday, citing authorities. read moreA joint team from OCHA and Congo's social affairs ministry visited the worst-hit neighborhoods on Thursday to assess the damage. The team estimated that around 38,000 people had been impacted by the floods, OCHA said in a statement Friday. Poorly regulated rapid urbanization has made the city increasingly vulnerable to flash floods after intense rains, which have become more frequent due to climate change.
Prayers in Thailand for king's hospitalised daughter
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/3] Well-wishers sign a book and pay their respects for Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha as she has been hospitalized due to a heart problem at Chulalongkorn hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, December 16, 2022. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and many senior officials, politicians and religious leaders visited Chulalongkorn hospital on Friday to lay orange flowers, the colour associated with the princess, and sign a book of well wishes. Thailand's Buddhist Supreme Patriarch, Somdet Phra Ariyavangsagatayana has requested all Thai temples at home and abroad to conduct special daily chanting sessions for the princess, an official announcement from the National Office of Buddhism said. The princess is one of three children of King Vajiralongkorn who has a formal title, making her eligible for the throne under a 1924 Palace Law of Succession and the country's constitution. Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um and Athit Perawongmetha; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
UN agency says Israel is delaying new visas for its staff
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +12 min
Jerusalem CNN —A United Nations agency that operates in the West Bank and Gaza says Israel is not processing visas for its newly recruited staff, while Israeli officials accuse the agency of “ignoring Israeli victims of terror” in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, a charge the agency denies. The UN considers East Jerusalem and the West Bank to be occupied territory, and Israelis living there to be living in illegal settlements. Erdan said when OCHA is asked why they don’t count Israeli victims, they are told the agency does not have reliable data. “Of course you don’t, you don’t employ Hebrew speakers, and the senior manager of the agency is Palestinian,” Erdan said. OCHA’s latest report does record some instances of Israelis being injured by stones thrown at civilian vehicles traveling in the West Bank.
Saudi leaders will infuse the trip with a dose of spectacle. The Saudi king – or his powerful Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman – may bestow the Chinese leader with some honors and medals. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman fist bumps US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Al Salman Palace, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 15. Today, the US consumes only a fraction of that Saudi oil, and China is Saudi Arabia’s biggest client and trading partner. Over the last year, Gulf Arab countries appear to have ramped up their independent-minded policy.
The Apec 2022 summit will take place at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok from November 18-19,2022. At the G20 meeting in Indonesia, members unanimously adopted a declaration that said most members condemned the Ukraine war but also acknowledged some countries saw the conflict differently. The APEC leaders echoed the G20 declaration as they referred to U.N. resolutions that deplore Russia's aggression and demand its complete and unconditional withdrawal from Ukraine, but also noted a variety of opinions. Recognising that APEC is not the forum to resolve security issues, we acknowledge that security issues can have significant consequences for the global economy," the bloc said. Russia is a member of both G20 and APEC but President Vladimir Putin has stayed away from the summits.
Separately, police fired rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protesters in Bangkok as the host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, opened the conference. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called an emergency gathering of leaders from Australia, Japan, South Korea, Canada and New Zealand on the sidelines of the summit after North Korea carried out the missile test. "This conduct by North Korea most recently is a brazen violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions," she said. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is in Bangkok for the APEC meeting, told reporters North Korea had "repeated its provocations with unprecedented frequency". First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov is representing him at APEC.
[1/3] Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, wife Naraporn Chao-ocha, China's President Xi Jinping and wife Peng Liyuan attend the Gala dinner of the APEC Summit 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 17, 2022. Thailand Government House/Handout via REUTERSBANGKOK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Thailand, the host of the APEC summit, urged leaders of the group meeting in Bangkok on Friday and Saturday to "rise above differences" and focus on resolving pressing global economic issues in areas such as trade and inflation. China's President Xi Jinping is attending the summit, while the United States is being represented by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. Security was tight at the APEC summit with around 100 anti-government protesters gathered and planning to march on the meeting venue on Friday morning. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov will represent him at APEC.
[1/4] Police officers holding shields stand guard during a protest against the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit 2022, near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Chalinee ThirasupaBANGKOK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Thai police on Friday fired rubber bullets to disperse a protest against the APEC summit in Bangkok, a police official in charge of the event's security taskforce said. About 350 protesters had gathered and clashed with police, Ashyan Kraithong said, about 10 km (6 miles) from the venue where leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group are meeting. Youth activist Patsaravalee 'Mind' Tanakitvibulpon, who was at the demonstration, said people were protesting against the APEC summit and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. They are using rubber bullets on us and tried to stop us many times," he told Reuters.
Despite the Ukrainian Army’s battlefield advances and Russia’s retreats, most recently from parts of Kherson Province, Ukraine’s economy has been left in tatters. For the Kyiv government, the cost of prosecuting the war while also meeting the material needs of its citizens will mount even if the Ukrainian Army keeps gaining ground. Worse, winter looms and Russia, frustrated by the serial military failures it has experienced since September, seems bent on crippling Ukraine’s economy by taking the wrecking ball to its critical infrastructure. Missile barrages left about 4.5 million Ukrainians without electricity. The United Nation’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported this month that six million Ukrainians are now “internally displaced” (another seven million have sought refuge abroad).
Geopolitics to stay in focus at APEC summit in Thailand
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/6] Delegates walk inside the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center where the APEC summit will be held, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 14, 2022. On the sidelines, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to have bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida later in the day. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are among those also attending the main meeting. Host Indonesia said the Ukraine war had been the most contentious issue at the summit in Bali. He was represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the G20 and First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov will stand in for him at APEC.
BANGKOK, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday ordered law enforcement agencies to tighten gun ownership rules and crack down on drug use following a mass killing by an ex-policeman at a daycare centre that left has the nation in shock. Thai authorities plan to recall guns from officials and police officers who have misused their firearms or have behaved aggressively on duty. Regular mental health checks will also be required for gun license applicants and holder, Police Chief Police General Damrongsak Kittprapas told reporters. Gun ownership is high in Thailand compared with some other countries in Southeast Asia. Illegal weapons, many brought in from strife-torn countries, are common.
Daughter of Thailand's exiled ex-PM Thaksin leads opinion poll
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterOusted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a bloodless 2006 coup, poses with his daughter Paetongtarn during her graduation day at a Bangkok university July 10, 2008. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)/File PhotoBANGKOK, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The daughter of Thailand's ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup and lives in self-imposed exile, has emerged as a leading candidate for premier in a preliminary opinion poll ahead of elections due next year. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) poll surveyed 2,500 people nation-wide from Sept. 15 to 21. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, known by the nickname "Ung Ing", is an executive in the pro-Thaksin Pheu Thai party and began appearing at party rallies earlier this year. Pheu Thai topped the opinion poll as the favourite party of 34.4% of respondents, followed by "no party" at 24% and the youth-oriented opposition Move Forward party with 13.6%.
Peste 52.000 de palestinieni au fost strămutaţi din cauza atacurilor aeriene israeliene, care au distrus sau au avariat grav aproape 450 de clădiri în Fâşia Gaza, a anunţat marţi Agenţia ONU pentru ajutor umanitar, potrivit Agerpres.Potrivit purtătorului de cuvânt, 132 de clădiri au fost distruse şi 316 au fost grav avariate, printre care şase spitale şi nouă centre de îngrijire primară.OCHA a salutat faptul că Israelul a deschis un punct de trecere a frontierei pentru ajutoare umanitare, dar a făcut apel să se mai deschidă unul.
Organizations: Israelul Locations: Gaza
Агентство гуманитарной помощи ООН сообщило во вторник, что более 52 000 палестинцев были эвакуированы в результате израильских авиаударов, которые разрушили или серьезно повредили почти 450 зданий в секторе Газа. Около 47 000 граждан нашли убежище в 58 школах ООН в Газе, сообщает ООН, цитирует Agerpres. По информации, 132 дома рухнули, 316 зданий разрушены, в том числе шесть больниц и девять центров первичной медико-санитарной помощи. Управление Организации Объединенных Наций по координации гуманитарной помощи (OCHA) призвало открыть еще один пограничный переход для гуманитарной помощи. Вскоре после этого начались обстрелы с палестинской территории.
Organizations: Агентство гуманитарной помощи, ООН, Организация Объединенных Наций, ХАМАС, Верховный суд Locations: Газа, Израиль, ШейхДжарра, Восточный Иерусалим, Храмовая гора
Întreaga populaţie a insulei Saint Vincent, situată în sudul Caraibelor, a rămas fără apă potabilă şi electricitate după erupţia de săptămâna trecută a vulcanului La Soufriere, a declarat luni un purtător de cuvânt al ONU, Stephane Dujarric, transmite agerpres.ro. Vulcanul, care se află în nordul insulei, a erupt ultima dată vineri, lansând o coloană de fum la o înălţime de 10 kilometri. "Erupţia a afectat majoritatea mijloacelor de trai din partea de nord a insulei, inclusiv cultivarea bananelor, iar fluxurile de cenuşă şi de lavă au împiedicat circulaţia persoanelor şi a mărfurilor", a explicat Dujarric într-o conferinţă de presă. Saint Vincent, principala insulă a statului Saint Vincent şi Grenadine, are o populaţie de circa 100.000 de locuitori. La Soufriere, cu o înălţime de 1.178 metri, este singurul vulcan activ de pe Saint Vincent.
Persons: Stephane, Saint Vincent, Grenadine Organizations: ONU, Tremurăturile Locations: Saint Vincent, Caraibelor, Soufriere, Indiile de Vest, Saint
Thanathorn susține că acordul cu AstraZeneca nu a fost transparent, iar Siam Bioscience a primit un avantaj injust față de alte companii. Se întâmplă ca acționarul companiei să fie însuși regele”, a declarat el într-un interviu pentru Reuters. Guvernul a comandat 61 de milioane de doze de vaccin AstraZeneca și 2 milioane de doze de CoronaVa produs de Sinovac Biotech. Atât AstraZeneca, cât și Siam Bioscience au refuzat să comenteze acuzațiile lui Thanathorn. Una dintre surse a declarat că aprobarea se aplică numai în cazul dozelor fabricate în străinătate.
Persons: Reuters, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, Chan, ocha, Thanathorn, Partidul, Bloomberg, Sănătății Organizations: Crown, Bureau, Miercuri, Thailanda, Ministerul Sănătății Locations: Siam, Asia de Sud - Est, Thailanda, FDA, străinătate
O femeie a fost condamnată la 43 de ani și șase luni de închisoare pentru că a insultat monarhia thailandeză, aceasta fiind cea mai severă pedeapsă aplicată vreodată în regatul astiatic sub incidenta legilor dure de lezmajestate. Femeia, identificată cu numele Anchan, acum în vârstă de aproximativ 60 de ani, fost funcționat public, a fost acuzată că a postat pe Facebook și YouTube clipuri video critice la adresa monarhiei. Pedeapsa inițială a fost de 87 de ani de închisoare, însă a fost înjumătățită după ce acuzata și-a recunoscut vina. Anchan a fost încarcerată între 2015 și 2018 și a negat acuzațiile când cazul ei a fost adus în fața unei curți militare, unde asemenea cazuri au fost judecate o perioadă de timp, după lovitura de stat din 2014. Femeia a lucrat ca funcționar public timp de 40 de ani și a fost arestată cu un an înainte să iasă la pensie, scrie digi24.
Persons: Instanța, Protestatarii, Prayuth Chan, ocha, Anchan Organizations: Facebook, ONU Locations: lezmajestate, Thailanda
Biroul ONU pentru coordonarea afacerilor umanitare (OCHA) a lansat în consecinţă un apel umanitar record la donaţii de 35 de miliarde de dolari pentru 2021, transmite agerpres.ro. "Criza este departe de a se fi încheiat", a atenţionat într-un comunicat secretarul general al ONU, Antonio Guterres, subliniind că "bugetele de ajutor umanitar stau sub spectrul precarităţii, în condiţiile în care impactul pandemiei continuă să se agraveze pe plan global". Acest lucru nu e valabil şi pentru ţările sărace", a adăugat într-un comunicat secretarul general adjunct al ONU pentru afaceri umanitare, Mark Lowcock. Alte organizaţii, cum este Crucea Roşie, urmează să livreze ajutor pentru ceilalţi până la 235 de milioane de oameni. Costul satisfacerii necesităţilor de ajutor alimentar în acest an a fost de 9 miliarde de dolari, faţă de 5 miliarde în 2015, se mai menţionează în raport.
Persons: coronavirus, Antonio Guterres, Mark Lowcock Organizations: Reuters, ONU Locations: Pandemia, Siria, Yemen, Afganistan, Republica Democrată Congo, Etiopia, donatoare, ONU
Guvernul thailandez a decretat joi dimineaţa starea de urgenţă în capitala Bangkok, pentru a pune capăt protestelor din jurul sediului executivului. Decizia a fost luată după ce manifestanţii pro-democraţie au salutat convoiul oficial al regelui prin ridicarea celor trei degete, salut preluat din serialul „Jocurile Foamei“ ce a devenit simbolul mişcării anti-guvernamentale. Premierul Prayut Chan-o-cha a susţinut că măsura este necesară deoarece protestele sunt ilegale şi afectează eforturile de a opri răspândirea coronavirusului.Starea de urgenţă a intrat în vigoare la ora locală 04.00. În acelaşi timp, ca urmare a ordinului privind starea de urgenţă, publicarea ştirilor care ar putea aduce atingere securităţii naţionale a fost interzisă. Miercuri, în centrul capitalei Bangkok, convoiul Regelui Maha Vajiralongkorn, a fost blocat de mulţimea de manifestanţi care i-au arătat salutul din „Jocurile Foamei“, ridicarea celor trei degete, ce a devenit simbolul mişcării anti-guvernamentale.
Persons: Premierul Prayut Chan, urgenţă, Prayut, poliţia, Miercuri, Prayuth Chan Organizations: thailandez, Miercuri, Guardian Locations: Bangkok, Thailanda
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