UN meeting seeks billions in aid for Pakistan after devastating floods
On Monday, a United Nations conference raised funds and other support to help Pakistan cope with the consequences of last summer's devastating floods, which the UN chief called a "climate disaster of a monumental scale". which killed more than 1,700 people immediately afterward. Millions still live near polluted and stagnant floodwaters.Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and UN Secretary General António Guterres attended in person, while world leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan participated virtually as many countries contributed to better help Pakistan to raise an estimated $16.3 billion that is needed to help…
