United Nations

Ship heads to Ukraine to get grain for food-starved Africa

Aug 12, 2022 | 9:13am

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A ship approached Ukraine on Friday to pick up wheat for hungry people in Ethiopia, in the first food delivery to Africa under a U.N.-brokered plan to unblock grain trapped by Russia’s war on Ukraine and bring relief to some of the millions worldwide on the brink of starvation. For months, […]

Canada has a role to play in water sustainability

Dec 24, 2019 | 5:00pm

A new report from researchers at the University of Saskatchewan states that Canada can be a leader in helping to achieve water sustainability, although they say the country is falling short of goals set out by United Nations. The report “Water Futures for the World We Want” takes aim at areas where the country is […]