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TASR: Magyar nemzetiségű pilóta sérült meg a Nagyfalu (Veličná) községben történt vitorlázórepülő-balesetben, hétfőn (7. 14.) délután – tájékoztatta a TASR-t Mária Pohanková Zahatlanová, a Tűzoltóság és Műszaki Mentőszolgálat zsolnai kerületi szóvivője. A vitorlázó repülőgép Veličná területén, az úttól mintegy 100 méterre zuhant le. Öt tűzoltó vonult ki a helyszínre az alsókubini tűzoltóállomásról. „A tűzoltók a helyszínen elsősegélyben részesítették a magyar nemzetiségű pilótát. Mentőhelikopterrel szállították kórházba" - közölte a szóvivő.

La congestion de l’oreille est un problème de santé courant Bien que souvent temporaire, il perturbe la qualité de vie au quotidien. La congestion se […]

L’article Sensation d’oreille bouchée : causes fréquentes et traitements efficaces est apparu en premier sur .

European countries will donate US-made weapons to Ukraine and get them backfilled by Washington, under a new plan backed by NATO.

European countries will donate US-made weapons to Ukraine and get them backfilled by Washington, under a new plan backed by NATO.

Dr Tshepo Lipholo, an opposition MP, is yet to apply for bail and remains in police custody

Die malerische Küstenstadt Portofino in Italien setzt neue Massnahmen in Kraft, um die Ruhe und Erholung von Einwohnern und Touristen sicherzustellen. Nicht nur barfuss laufen wird bis zum Ende der Sommersaison verboten.

„Súlyos vámokat vezetünk be, ha nem születik megállapodás ötven napon belül” – mondta Donald Trump a Fehér Ház Ovális Irodájában hétfőn (7. 14.) a BBC szerint. Az USA elnöke arról beszélt, csalódott Putyinban, és hogy az Ukrajnának szánt fegyverszállítmányokat növelni fogják, az USA Patriot rakétákat is ígér, írta a Telex.

A child receives treatment at a cholera clinic in the DRC, where clean water is scarce and healthcare even scarcer. Credit: UNICEF

By Shreya Komar
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 2025 (IPS)

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is grappling with one of its worst cholera outbreaks in recent history, exposing deep systemic cracks in public health, water infrastructure, and humanitarian response, leaving its youngest citizens in peril.

On April 3, 2025, the United Nations released a stark warning: a fast-spreading cholera outbreak in the southern province of Tanganyika was placing thousands at grave risk. As of that date, 9 out of 11 health zones in the province were affected, with over 1,450 confirmed cases and 27 deaths, marking a six-fold increase compared to the previous year.

By early June, the outbreak had exploded far beyond Tanganyika. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 29,392 suspected cholera cases and 620 deaths nationwide, making this the worst outbreak in the country in six years. Most alarmingly, children, especially those under five, are dying in disproportionate numbers due to weakened immune systems, chronic malnutrition, and an almost total collapse of access to clean water and sanitation in many areas.

A recent Instagram post from the WHO underscored the scale of response efforts: “To tackle the rise in #cholera cases & deaths in #DRCongo, WHO is mobilizing resources for the hardest-hit areas: emergency beds, free medical care, and deployment of over 7,000 community health workers.”

Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by ingesting food or water contaminated with the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. It is entirely preventable and highly treatable. So why is it still killing hundreds in a single outbreak?

“The reason cholera has persisted is that we have not addressed poverty to the level that we should,” said Dr. Anita Zaidi, director of the Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases program at the Gates Foundation.

The answer lies not in the biology of the disease, but in the fragile reality of life in the eastern DRC. In provinces like Tanganyika, North Kivu, and South Kivu already scarred by decades of armed conflict, mass displacement, and collapsing infrastructure the cholera bacterium finds ideal conditions to spread.

A 2024 study on cholera risk in Goma found that the lack of water infrastructure forced communities to rely on unsafe sources like Lake Kivu, the small Lake Vert, and the Mubambiro River, which are often contaminated with human waste.

In the most affected areas, only 20 percent of residents have access to safe drinking water. Healthcare infrastructure is threadbare, with limited beds, medicine, or trained personnel to handle waves of acute cases. Years of humanitarian funding cuts have only made the situation worse especially for women and children.

Between July 2024 and June 2025, nearly 4.5 million children under five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in the DRC, 1.4 million of whom are experiencing severe acute malnutrition. Cholera, which causes rapid dehydration and can be fatal within hours, is especially deadly in malnourished children. With their immune systems already compromised, even the smallest lapse in hydration or care can become fatal.

Still, field efforts are outpaced by the scale of the emergency. In 2017, the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) launched the “Ending Cholera: A Global Roadmap to 2030”, which aimed to eliminate the disease from 20 countries, including the DRC.

The strategy emphasized early detection, integrated prevention (clean water, sanitation, vaccination), and international coordination. But with only five years left before 2030, the roadmap’s vision is faltering in the DRC. In 2023, the DRC recommitted to cholera elimination, as documented by the WHO, but outbreaks have only worsened.

A Doctors Without Borders emergency response in Lomera, South Kivu, highlights the impact of unmanaged gold rushes, poor sanitation, and overburdened clinics creating a perfect storm for cholera transmission.

Efforts by the UN and NGOs have ramped up in recent months. Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCVs) are being deployed in hotspots. Emergency treatment centers are being established. Supplies are arriving, albeit slowly. But a true resolution requires structural investments in safe water infrastructure, consistent access to healthcare, and conflict stabilization.

More importantly, child-focused solutions must be prioritized. In a recent peer-reviewed article, Congolese researcher Aymar Akilimali called for dedicated pediatric cholera wards in eastern DRC, noting that most children have no access to tailored emergency care even during active outbreaks.

He also stated that “a community-based and multisectoral response must be implemented, including an anti cholera vaccination campaign, a budgeted response plan with involved partners, as well as the development of national cholera control plans, epidemiological surveillance, risk communication on cholera, community awareness, and social mobilization.”

The cholera outbreak in the DRC is not just a public health crisis; it is a humanitarian failure. It is a warning signal of what happens when decades of conflict, poverty, and weak governance go unaddressed. As 2030 approaches, the question isn’t whether we can end cholera, it’s whether we’re willing to invest in the lives of those most at risk of it.

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Le ministre de la Justice, garde des Sceaux, Lotfi Boudjemaâ, va présenter demain matin à l’Assemblée populaire nationale un projet de loi majeur visant à […]

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Die vierfache Schwingerkönigin steht selbst nicht mehr im Sägemehl – doch der Sport hat Sonia Kälin nie losgelassen. Seit dieser Saison kommentiert sie als Expertin. Zur Freude ihrer Töchter, die bereits fleissig üben, um in Mamas Fussstapfen zu treten.

Hétfőn (7. 14.) Dobsinán (Dobšiná/Rozsnyói járás) egy fuldokló gyermekhez riasztották a tűzoltókat, aki beleesett a Dobsina-patakba. A helyszínre érkezésekor az eszméletlen gyermeket a polgárok már kihúzták a vízből. A mentők már a gyermek újraélesztését végezték, a tűzoltók pedig segítettek nekik, de az erőfeszítéseik ellenére a gyermeket nem sikerült megmenteni – közölte a Tűzoltóság és Műszaki Mentőszolgálat Kassai Kerületi Parancsnoksága a Facebookon.

For all the pain of losing face and the temptation to play chicken with Trump, can we really risk following the path towards a neo-mercantilist world?

For all the pain of losing face and the temptation to play chicken with Trump, can we really risk following the path towards a neo-mercantilist world?

“Plastic Ocean” by Alejandro Duràn, one of the artworks previously on display in the UN lobby. Credit: Jennifer Levine/IPS

By Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin Levine
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 2025 (IPS)

The United Nations’ HOMO SARGASSUM exhibition served as a public immersion into the marine world and called upon viewers to take action in the face of the climate crisis, specifically regarding invasive species and water pollution.

For the past month, an art exhibition entitled HOMO SARGASSUM took up residence in the New York headquarters lobby in connection to World Ocean Month and the 2025 UN Ocean Conference. Organized by the Tout-Monde Art Foundation. In its final week on display, visitors walked through the various projected films, sculptures and photographs. The exhibit closed on July 11.

The work is described as an immersive multisensorial art and science exhibition intended to bring together various experts in science, scholarship and creativity from the Caribbean to share their perspectives on the prevalent environmental and social issue. The exhibit is primarily an introspective study of sargassum, a type of seaweed or algae commonly found on the coast of the Americas and in the Caribbean.

Sargassum, which has proliferated significantly in recent years due to pollution and chemical fertilizer, releases toxic gases that harm nearby residents in water and on land. Animals struggle to survive, and humans experience respiratory failures and burns. This algae has inspired fear since Christopher Columbus recorded his crew’s sighting of the plant. Sargassum has also become a symbol recently for climate change in the Caribbean as well as the coexisting nature of marine and human life.

Co-curator and executive and artistic director of the Tout-Monde Art Foundation Vanessa Selk described the exhibit as a journey rather than a singular experience. She said, “Much like sargassum migrating through the Atlantic Ocean, we encounter natural and human-made challenges such as pandemics, pollutants and hurricanes. This narrative of the global ecological crisis, reflected in silent floating algae, warns us to change our existing paradigms and consider ourselves as one with our environment.”

Billy Gerard Frank, one of the featured artists in HOMO SARGASSUM, echoes this sentiment.

Frank created a mixed-media piece entitled “Poetics of Relation and Entanglement” with a painting featuring Columbus’ archival notes and sargassum pigment, as well as a film he shot on the island of Carriacou. The film centered on a large metal tank surrounded by sargassum, which had washed on shore and rusted onto the massive object. He specifically shot the film around the sargassum and the tank, an eyesore for the locals who used the beach and a barrier to boats trying to leave. Growing up in Grenada, Frank recalls sargassum as a mild inconvenience but explained how it has become more prevalent due to climate change.

However, only in recent years has conversation around sargassum shifted towards the impact of climate change and geographical inequities, like, as Frank noted, how smaller islands that produce significantly lower levels of pollution are the worst affected by climate change through natural disasters.

He referenced the recent Hurricane Beryl, a Category 5 storm that “completely devastated” islands like Carriacou. His inclusion of Columbus’ notes brings a decolonial perspective: the threats Caribbean islands face from mounting climate change are exacerbated by their history of occupation, mostly from European colonial powers. In a global organization like the UN where historical, geographical and environmental context is key to making any decision, such an interdisciplinary perspective is key.

From countless gifts from member states to various donations, the UN has been an artistic hub since its inception. As both a tourist attraction and space of work for international diplomats, the UN is a particularly ripe space for more radical, political art—notably Guernica, a tapestry based on a Picasso painting portraying the Spanish Civil War—due to its broad audience.

Speaking to IPS, Frank shared how influential art has been in political, social and intellectual movements, saying, “historically…creators, writers, and artists have been able to forge ahead and create new spaces…it gives us some hope that our work and the calling are even more important.”

Frank also told IPS how important it was for him to have the work featured at the UN.

“Because the UN is also a site of consternation right now, specifically with everything that’s happening globally. And in fact, that’s the space where this type of work should be, where there should be more conversation, and a space in which it could create a critical dialogue amongst people who work there, but also the public facing that too.”

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Du 7 au 11 juillet 2025, la Fédération Béninoise d'Escrime a organisé une session de formation simultanée dans les communes de Natitingou (à l'École Normale Supérieure) et de Bembéréké (au Centre des jeunes). Cette formation, placée sous la supervision de la Direction Technique Nationale, a permis à 20 animateurs et animatrices de renforcer leurs compétences dans le métier d'entraîneur et en développement personnel.

Ambroise ZINSOU

Cette initiative s'inscrit dans le cadre du projet « Vivre ensemble par le sport », un programme soutenu par l'Ambassade de France, le Ministère des Sports du Bénin et la Fédération Béninoise d'Escrime. Elle vise à promouvoir les valeurs du vivre ensemble et de la cohésion sociale à travers la pratique de l'escrime.

Intitulé « Escrime pour tous et pour toutes », le projet a pour objectifs : de renforcer le capital humain technique de la Fédération, de former 20 nouveaux animateurs et animatrices d'escrime, d'initier plus de 100 jeunes filles et garçons à la pratique de l'escrime et aux valeurs de vie, et de créer 4 centres d'encadrement dans la partie nord du Bénin.

Parallèlement à cette formation, la Fédération a activement pris part à la cérémonie de lancement officiel du projet, tenue les 9 et 10 juillet à Parakou, où l'escrime a figuré parmi les disciplines sportives mises en démonstration. Cette présence a permis de valoriser davantage la discipline et d'attirer l'attention sur son rôle dans l'éducation et la paix sociale. Dans la continuité de cette dynamique, un camp d'initiation à l'escrime sera organisé dans les prochaines semaines dans les communes de Natitingou et de Bembéréké. Il permettra d'initier 100 jeunes supplémentaires à cette discipline porteuse de valeurs.

Par cette action, la Fédération Béninoise d'Escrime réaffirme son engagement à rendre l'escrime accessible à toutes et à tous, et à contribuer à la construction d'une société plus inclusive à travers le sport.

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