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UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained — Global Issues
“Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians, among them UNRWA staff, are hungry…fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties,” said…
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Food lifeline fading for millions in South Sudan hit by conflict and climate shocks — Global Issues
Earlier this month, the UN agency began airdropping emergency food assistance in Upper Nile state after surging conflict forced families…
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High-level debate on peaceful settlements of dispute — Global Issues
© UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez A boy walks across the rubble of buildings destroyed in a conflict in southern Lebanon. (file)…
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UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit — Global Issues
In a special address at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres cited surging clean energy investment and plunging solar…
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UN chief urges diplomacy as wars spread from Gaza to Ukraine — Global Issues
This is the only sustainable path to global security, he told ministers at a high-level open debate of the Security…
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Why it matters now — Global Issues
At a time when the international community seeks to regulate the rich tapestry of the planet’s ocean floors while countries…
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UN laments US withdrawal from educational and cultural agency — Global Issues
“I deeply regret President Donald Trump’s decision to once again withdraw the United States of America from UNESCO,” Audrey Azoulay,…
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UN scales up response plan as humanitarian needs spiral in Tawila — Global Issues
Over 380,000 people are currently displaced there, and the plan aims at increasing assistance for communities over the next three…
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‘Perfect storm’ of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO — Global Issues
The report, to be released later this month, reveals how between 2020 and 2024, the world experienced a dramatic increase…
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Is ChatGPT down? Live updates as we track issues with the site and app
Refresh OpenAI confirms there’s an issue OpenAI has been quick to confirm issues, providing an update that it has identified…
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