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L’épidémie mondiale de choléra s’aggrave considérablement
L’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) a averti mardi que l’escalade de la flambée de choléra s’est considérablement aggravée dans le monde. L’agence basée...
Le CAM et l’AFD signent deux conventions de crédit
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Le Crédit agricole du Maroc (CAM) et l’Agence française de développement (AFD) ont signé, lundi à Meknès, deux conventions de...
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Desperate Afghan returnees from Pakistan face uncertain future: IOM
According to IOM, in the past two months alone, nearly 375,000 Afghans left Pakistan, primarily utilizing the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings, near...
UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe:...
Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a joint statement calling on the...
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Reclaiming “Tree Hugger” — By Ben Jealous
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Most people think of “tree hugger” as a casual insult for a certain kind of environmentalist. The term actually has a...
The State of the 2024 Presidential Race. Can MAGAISM Be Defeated?
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April 22, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr....
Haitian groups seek billions in reparations from France
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By Emma Farge and Catarina Demony, Reuters —
France should repay billions of dollars in reparations to Haiti to cover a debt...
UN human rights chief urges states to act on slavery reparations
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By Emma Farge, Reuters —
The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people...
AIPAC is an Enemy of Humanity — By Julianne Malveaux
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By Julianne Malveaux —
Let me begin with the obligatory statements. What happened on October 7, 2023, was horrible. Hamas launched an...
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IOM Unveils “Wearin’ it Together” at the European Parliament
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Strasbourg, 23 April – A world-renowned photographer, a steadily growing sustainable fashion brand, and a shared commitment to illuminate the narratives...
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Global Refugee Forum opens amid ‘crisis of humanity’
The world’s largest gathering dedicated to refugee issues, the Forum is co-hosted by UNHCR and Switzerland and convened by Colombia, France, Japan, Jordan and...
Global Refugee Forum ends with bold pledges, solutions for displaced
Speaking at the closing of the Global Refugee Forum, the Secretary-General said that protection and help for these most vulnerable of people, was “an...
Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN...
The development follows the recovery of hundreds of bodies “buried deep in the ground and covered with waste” over the weekend at Nasser Hospital...
UN’s Grandi welcomes EU deal overhauling regional migration system
Agreement in Brussels on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum reportedly followed three years of intense negotiations, and it should start taking effect...
First Person: Christmas under rocket fire in Ukraine
In Ukraine, there was no respite from war over the holiday period, neither for the country’s citizens, nor the UN workers attempting to deliver...
Adrift at sea for 28 days, struggles continue for Sri Lankan...
Selvan is heading out on his motorcycle to buy groceries from a nearby shop in the city of Jaffna in Sri Lanka, but the...
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ESPECIAL: Debate de lusófonos na ONU News realça desafios pós 25...
Secretário-geral António Guterres defende que do ponto de vista histórico, levante “deveria ter ocorrido décadas mais cedo”; embaixadores de Angola, Brasil, Cabo Verde, Moçambique,...
Pobreza y feminicidios en América Latina, pausa humanitaria en Gaza y...
Casi un tercio de la población de América Latina vive en la pobrezaMás de 181 millones de personas se encuentran en situación de pobreza...
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WMO report: Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather
Following close on the heels of the study of climate change in Europe, published by WMO on Monday, the State of the Climate in Asia 2023...
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News in Brief 20 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warnsGazans have...
Walensky Announces Departure from CDC | CDC Online Newsroom
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CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced today her intent to depart the agency at the end of June. Walensky has led...