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ROME — If you’re a Ukrainian living in a hard-to-reach part of a city under fire, the chances of the UN being able to get lifesaving aid to you and your family are improving, thanks to an innovative partnership announced on Wednesday, between the UN World Food Programme (WFP), and global transportation platform, Uber.With conventional aid trucks or other large vehicles unable to access some of those in need in built-up areas, the ridesharing and delivery app has developed a new custom-built version of its online platform, “which allows WFP to better coordinate, dispatch and track a fleet of smaller vehicles delivering relief items from warehouses”, the agency said, in a press release.Through this platform, WFP can get its food closer to those people needing its support, dispatching...
June 09, 2022
Ukraine: WFP teams up with Uber in boost for pinpoint aid deliveries
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Chaos erupts at the European Parliament as three key climate laws are postponed
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Eighteen go on trial in France accused of involvement in European horsemeat scam
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Von der Leyen defends controversial approval of Polish recovery plan
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EU agrees all mobile phones and tablets must have a common USB-C charger in blow to Apple
June 07, 2022
EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout
June 07, 2022
Severodonetsk and Lysychansk are dead cities, says Zelensky
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Overlapping crises push millions into ‘extreme levels of acute food insecurity
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Reports of sexual violence in Ukraine rising fast, Security Council hears
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Outrage in Poland over new 'pregnancy register'
