New UK aid funding to tackle violence against women and girls in Syria
Baroness Sugg calls for urgent action to prevent gender-based violence in humanitarian crises – as she announces new support to
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Boost for housing market as Japan’s biggest housebuilder, Sekisui House, moves into UK
Japan’s biggest housebuilder will move into the UK housing market with immediate effect after striking a multi-million pound deal that
Read moreOrangutans – threatened by forest fires in Borneo – boosted by funds donated during the Chester Zoo fire
Five life-saving wildlife protection projects are being created by Chester Zoo conservationists, thanks to money donated by the public in
Read moreMajor spike in cholera likely as agencies struggle to reach infected people
Fears that the world’s worst cholera outbreak could be set for a massive resurgence are growing as aid agencies in
Read moreBrunei: ‘Vicious’ new laws to allow stoning of same-sex couples and amputation for robbery
Amnesty International has called on Brunei to halt plans to introduce “vicious” new punishments such as death by stoning for
Read moreMajor study could benefit 11 million Thai people living in vulnerable coastal zones
A major study aims to improve understanding of the vulnerability of Thailand’s shoreline and coastal communities to storms, floods and
Read moreUK aid to provide life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of Afghans at risk from severe drought
The UK will provide vital food, shelter and clean water to Afghans affected by one of the worst droughts the
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