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The UNESCO Creative Cities Network’s inclusion of Srinagar has brought optimism to artists in turbulent Kashmir
After three days of fierce fighting, an apparent cease-fire between Israel and the Islamic Jihad appears to be holding. The 2 million Palestinians who live there continue to confront difficulties, as evidenced by the most recent fighting in Gaza. 95% of the water is undrinkable, and unemployment and poverty are also rampant
Esmatullah Bilal Ahmadzai, an Afghan journalist who fled the Taliban regime, got more than just exposure when a local television news station in New York State ran his story. He was hired for a position in television news as well.From Rochester,New York,Roshan Noorzai reports
Farzad, a two-and-a-half-year-old who spent more than 40 days apart from his family as they were evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, is now enrolled in kindergarten. Wahida Alizada, his mother, is delighted for her children’s future in the United States but concerned for her husband, who is still in Afghanistan
Over the past few months, a small group of volunteers were able to evacuate more than 600 bedridden people from the front lines of fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine
A group of friends in California are hosting food festivals to help Ukraine; volunteers prepare Ukrainian food and teach anyone interested in learning
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, visited with refugee families who had left the conflict in Ukraine in Poland and urged for increased aid for refugee kids.Chopra Jonas spoke with mothers and kids from Ukraine who are currently residing at the centre, the largest in the nation, while visiting a “Blue Dot” space at the Refugee Accommodation
The Western American state of Colorado is exhibiting a portrait show that includes works by Nigerian artist Isaac Ekele. Scott Stearns of the VOA reports on his extremely realistic drawings
Some Ukrainian refugees in Los Angeles were given permission to spend the summer living in dorms. But they are unsure of what will happen to them with the start of the school year only a few weeks away.
The amount of money that candidates have spent in the run-up to Kenya’s presidential election on August 9 is among the highest in the world,raising concern how it would affect the country’s democratTheic progress. From Nairobi, Juma Majanga reports