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World News in Brief: Geopolitical tensions impact global economy, Gaza aid funding shortfall, violence in South Sudan, UN condemns deadly mosque attack
According to a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the global economy remained resilient at the start...
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How the Hormuz crisis keeps disrupting kitchens, ports and paychecks
The fallout is being felt far beyond the Middle East, with UN agencies warning that rising fuel prices, disrupted shipping...
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Ukraine war ‘becoming deadlier by the day’, Security Council hears
“In the last week alone, we witnessed one of the largest aerial bombardments of Ukraine since the Russian Federation’s full-scale...
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‘I had a good life and I lost it’: How one man survived four years on the streets
A former European Commission employee, Latyr had been living a stable middle-class life in Belgium. But that stability gave way...
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Security Council LIVE: Concerns grow over nuclear safety after UAE drone strike
The UN Security Council is meeting in emergency session in New York to discuss the situation in the Middle East...
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From favelas to informal settlements, new UN report points to housing solutions that work
A major new UN report says such efforts are more than isolated successes. With the right tools, it argues, easing...
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DRC Ebola outbreak: hundreds of suspected cases, no vaccine
WHO’s representative in DRC, Dr Anne Ancia, told reporters in Geneva that there are more than 500 suspected cases including...
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World News in Brief: More attacks in Ukraine, violence against children in Haiti, refugee IDs in Africa
Over the past three days, frontline attacks killed at least 11 civilians and injured nearly 200 others, including five children,...
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UN underscores protection of nuclear sites following drone strike on Emirati plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was informed that the UAE has restored off-site power to Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant earlier on Monday following the attack, which caused a...
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WHO assembly opens under shadow of Ebola, hantavirus and funding cuts
Health ministers and diplomats are in Geneva for the 79th World Health Assembly – a week of negotiations on key...
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