(VOVWORLD) - A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths, and 0...
(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Federal Council of Russia Valentina Matviyenko said Monday that the attack in the Dagestan Republic, located in Russia's North Caucasus region, was a deliberate provocation...
(VOVWORLD) - More than 1,000 people died during haj this year, according to a Reuters tally, as extreme heat hammered the nearly two million who took part in the annual...
(VOVWORLD) -Air pollution contributed to 8.1 million deaths globally in 2021, making it the second leading risk factor for death, according to a report prepared by the Health Effects Institute (HEI)...
(VOVWORLD) - The number of children killed in international armed conflicts tripled in 2023, says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in a statement presented at the 56th session...
(VOVWORLD) -Saudi Arabia warned of a temperature spike in Mecca as Muslim pilgrims wrapped up their annual hajj in searing conditions on Monday, with over a dozen heat-related deaths...
(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on Thursday offered his condolences to the Iranian Embassy in Hanoi over the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir...
(VOVWORLD) - Last week VOVWORLD received about 400 emails and letters from listeners, not counting myriads of comments and questions posted on our website
(VOVWORLD) - Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region by climate related hazards last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, with floods and storms causing the highest number...
(VOVWORLD) - Last year Europe saw record high temperatures in many areas, causing great loss of life and property, according to the “2023 European State of the Climate” report, jointly released Monday by the Copernicus...
(VOVWORLD) - April 7th marks 6 months of the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip. Fighting has resulted in more than 120,000 deaths, missing, and injuries in the Gaza Strip...
(VOVWORLD) -10 people were dead, more than 934 were injured and 56 people were trapped in the rubble as of Wednesday evening after a powerful earthquake jolted eastern Taiwan (China) on...
(VOVWORLD) - Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for the food aid nonprofit World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on...
(VOVWORLD) - 4 of 11 people suspected of involvement in the attack on Crocus City Hall Theater on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday, which resulted in the deaths of at least...
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is among seven countries selected by the World Health Organization (WHO) to conduct research on the M72 tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, according to Hanoi-based Central Lung Hospital. 16...
(VOVWORLD) - March 21 is observed by the United Nations as “International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination”. Amidst increasing international conflicts, economic instability, climate crisis, and the technology boom,...
(VOVWORLD) - The Sahel region in sub-Saharan Africa is now the epicentre of terrorism, which is far higher than in the Middle East, according to the Institute for Economics and Peace ...
(VOVWORLD) -The number of child deaths reported in the Gaza Strip in four months is higher than that for all wars around the world in the four previous years, said...
(VOVWORLD) -At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year since record-keeping began a decade ago, the UN's International Organization for Migration...
(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden announced on Friday plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing...