World’s new top opium producer revealed

Myanmar has seen significant rise in poppy farming as cultivation in Afghanistan declines, according to the UN Myanmar has become the world’s largest center of opium production in 2023, having overtaken Afghanistan, a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has found.

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Germany and UK make Russian energy promise

Berlin and London are not planning to restore trade ties with Moscow even after the Ukraine conflict ends and President Vladimir Putin leaves office, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday citing German and British officials.

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UN expert warns of ‘apocalyptic’ situation in Haiti

The gang-ridden Caribbean country has descended into “unprecedented” levels of violence and cruelty, a top human rights observer has claimed A top UN human rights expert has likened humanitarian conditions in Haiti to the “worst of times” in Somalia, saying the Caribbean nation has descended into unprecedented violence and chaos since gangs took over much…

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