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Category: International
Landmark report highlights untapped potential of Africa...
Africa’s film and audiovisual industries could create over 20 million jobs and contribute $20 billion to the continent’s combined ...
Decade of climate breakdown saw 14 per cent of coral re...
Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the...
Only 1 in 10 people who need palliative care, receive i...
Only one in 10 people who need palliative care are receiving it, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
BTS and UNICEF celebrate 4 years of the 'Love Myself' c...
Since 2017, a campaign by South Korean superstars BTS, and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reached almost every country in the...
COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline globally, with 3.1 million new cases and just over 54,000 new de...
Afghanistan: Humanitarians call for greater support as ...
UN humanitarian agencies and their partners on Tuesday urged countries to honour their pledges to Afghanistan, as they rush to sca...
Disarmament chief asks States to ‘redouble efforts’ to ...
The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council on Wednesday that “States should redouble efforts” to en...
WHO endorses ‘historic’ malaria vaccine for at-risk chi...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN health age...
Tigray: Food aid reaches Afar and Amhara, but situation...
The first round of food distributions to people in Afar and Amhara regions impacted by the spread of the conflict in northern Ethi...
Guterres highlights ‘enormous’ benefits of greener citi...
For the UN Secretary-General, the benefits of making cities more environmentally friendly are “enormous”, and include reduced clim...
Libya: War crimes likely committed since 2016, UN probe...
War crimes and crimes against humanity have likely been committed in Libya by all parties to conflict since 2016 including by exte...
At UN trade meeting, Guterres urges ‘quantum leap in su...
Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must be sustainable and inclusive, Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to a maj...