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French officials said Thursday that authorities arrested 150 people in connection with unrest in Paris and other cities as protesters rallied against the police killing of a teenager earlier this week.

Millions are facing hunger and children’s lives are on the line in northeastern Nigeria amid a protracted conflict and intensifying climate change. In the face of this, the UN’s humanitarian response in the region is underfunded, humanitarians told journalists in Geneva on Wednesday.

Thailand's economy is projected to accelerate to 3.9 percent in 2023 from 2.6 percent last year due to stronger-than-expected demand from China, Europe, and the United States, private consumption growth, and a recovery in tourism, the World Bank said in its semi-annual Thailand Economic Monitor.

A few days ago, U.S. President Joe Biden described Chinese President Xi Jinping as a dictator and Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he agreed with the assessment.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday urged the European Union to boost support for Ukraine, while the EU added $3.5 billion to a fund used to finance Ukrainian military aid.

The British Defense Ministry said Sunday in its daily intelligence report about Ukraine that in “recent days,” Ukraine has again undertaken “major offensive operations” on three main axes in southern and eastern Ukraine.

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who turned his Wagner Group fighters against the military leadership in Moscow, will move to Belarus and the criminal charges against him for mounting an armed rebellion will be dropped, the Kremlin said Saturday.

Zahraa’, 6 years old, playing in Karantina Public Garden. UNICEF supported rehabilitation of the garden to create awareness on the importance of friendly and safe public spaces for girls and boys.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted Saturday to the situation in Russia, where the mercenary Wagner Group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, seized control of the Russian military headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don.

More than one million children have now been displaced by two months of conflict in Sudan. Across Sudan, UNICEF has received credible reports that over 330 children have been killed, and over 1,900 have been injured, as of 6 June and many more are at grave risk. Access is constrained for the most basic lifesaving services, leaving over 13 million children in dire need of humanitarian assistance – water, health, nutrition and protection.