Issues
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Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia — Global Issues
“I was not aware that vegetables were that important or how to grow them,” said the 25-year-old farmer from Idas…
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Crafting a new life after a devastating hurricane — Global Issues
44-year-old Vanessa Winston lives in Roseau, the capital of Dominica, where she runs a small-scale business primarily making bespoke, hand-made…
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Portable Ginnery Could Revive Kenyas Ailing Cotton Industry — Global Issues
A mini ginnery could ensure the future of the cotton industry in Kenya. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPS by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Friday,…
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Ukraine war ‘stark reminder’ of the trials facing multilateralism — Global Issues
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ian Borg briefed ambassadors during their annual meeting on cooperation between the UN and the regional body, which…
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Green light for new cholera vaccine, Ukraine attacks condemned, action against racism call, Brazil rights defenders alert — Global Issues
The World Health Organization (WHO) decision means that Euvichol-S vaccine can be added to other cholera-busting drugs which are not…
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Mixed efforts to achieve energy goals highlighted at the end of Sustainability Week — Global Issues
The unanimous declaration of the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All in 2012 aimed to hone on the importance of…
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War in Sudan is ‘a crisis of epic proportions’ as atrocities abound — Global Issues
The Sudanese people have endured “unbearable suffering” since the conflict started just over a year ago when an outbreak of…
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Retaliatory spiral in Middle East must end, says UN chief after strikes on Iran — Global Issues
“The Secretary-General condemns any act of retaliation and appeals to the international community to work together to prevent any further…
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Rohingyas in firing line as Rakhine conflict intensifies — Global Issues
Rakhine was the site of a brutal crackdown on the Rohingyas by the military in 2017, leading to killing of…
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Retro cutting-edge tech at the UN — Global Issues
1948: UN invention records multiple languages Precision, speed and accuracy were the hallmark of a brand-new machine the UN developed…
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