The worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen is a realityThe UN’s Humanitarian Country Team in Yemen has released its Response Plan (HRP) for this year, seeking nearly $4.3 billion to reverse a steady deterioration across the country, the grinding war there continues, despite a current pause in fighting.

The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington sits pier side at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, April 27, 2016.Captain of the USS George Washington, Brent Gaut, said that the ship will begin moving 260 sailors "to an offsite barracks-type living arrangement on Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth" in the state of Virginia, according to the military.com news outlet.

Sunday is International Worker's DaySunday is International Workers' Day - commemorated every May 1st. Demonstrations are taking place around the world, with many protests against poor working conditions and low salaries.

The escalating climate crisis and land-use change are driving a global increase in extreme wildfires, with a 14% increase predicted by 2030 and a 30% increase by 2050, according to a UN report involving more than 50 international researchers.In 2021, the world lost an area of forest greater than the size of the United Kingdom, according to a report by Global Forest Watch – a trajectory that is set to fall short of global commitments made by world leaders at the United Nation’s COP26 climate summit in Scotland last year.