Newshour, UNRWA report says agency needs to improve its neutrality
by WNYC
WNYC— An independent review of the UN's operations in Gaza says it needs to improve its neutrality. We ask the head of the review whether countries that suspended donations because of Israeli allegations should resume them. Also on the programme: US prosecutors have accused Donald Trump of a conspiracy over hush money paid to a porn actress at the start of his criminal trial in New York; and we speak to the first woman to run the London Marathon topless to deliberately show the scars from her double...
DutchNews.nl—No new money for UNRWA, say Dutch after Colonna report. The Dutch government has decided not to provide any new financial support to the UN’s refugee agency UNRWA but does not rule out doing so in the future, aid minister Liesje Schreinemacher has told parliament in a briefing. Before any additional funding is made available, the agency must follow recommendations on ensuring it operates in a neutral manner, Schreinemacher told MPs. The recommendations are made in a report by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna. She was appointed to...
cambridgenews—Villagers say 'blind bends' need measures to improve road safety. Some people have called for a 20mph zone to be introduced to reduce drivers' speed as they travel through the village
NL Times—European Medicines Agency says modified Covid vaccine needed to combat new variant. A new variant of the coronavirus has become dominant, supplanting other versions of the virus. This is why the Emergency Task Force of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Amsterdam issued a statement on Tuesday advising that the Covid-19 vaccine be adapted ahead of vaccination campaigns organized by EU Member States this year and next, beginning with vaccination rounds in the autumn.