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World News in Brief: Tackling the AI digital divide, deadly migration journeys, Lucy Hale named new WFP Goodwill Ambassador
- UN News
UN-led efforts are continuing to ensure that all countries can benefit and regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) as it increasingly shapes our economies, societies and daily lives.
As Colombia elections near, Security Council hears calls for calm
- UN News
While hope for peace is alive in Colombia as the country prepares for presidential elections, the Security Council on Tuesday heard that achieving it – and making it last – still requires the full implementation of a peace accord signed almost 10 years ago.
Nature’s last strongholds: Why UNESCO sites are a lifeline for a planet in peril
- UN News
In a world where the drumbeat of environmental loss is growing louder, a new landmark report from UNESCO has revealed a rare glimmer of hope. While global wildlife has plummeted by a staggering 73 per cent since the 1970s, life within the UN science and culture agency’s protected territories is holding its ground.
Economic collapse pushes highly educated Gazans into the ‘survival economy’
- UN News
Young Palestinians in Gaza with university-level educations are setting aside dreams of putting their hard-won skills into practice and doing whatever they can to survive.
Guterres urges countries to ‘unleash the renewables revolution’
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again urged governments to step up the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy as war and climate risks create unprecedented challenges.
Secretary-General hopefuls make their case in televised ‘interactive dialogues’
- UN News
The four candidates so far in the running to be the next UN Secretary-General will each have the chance to show why they are the best choice during a series of “interactive dialogues” taking place at UN Headquarters in New York this week.
Millions of desperate Sudanese return home amid dire conditions as war rages
- UN News
Three years into the devastating conflict in Sudan, nearly four million displaced people have returned to their places of origin across the country, only to face “another struggle for survival”, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 21 April: Talks unclear; Hormuz tensions continue
- UN News
Uncertainty surrounds possible US-Iran talks in Pakistan, with no confirmation yet that they will go ahead. At the same time, tensions persist in the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns over maritime security, while the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon continues despite the ceasefire. Stay with us for live updates. App users can follow coverage here.
“War-Shock Inflation” and Inflation Phobia: Lessons of History for Central Bankers
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, April 21 (IPS) - The global economy, is at the precipice of “stagflation” – growth slowdown and higher inflation – due to the energy price shock following the illegal US-Israel war on Iran. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently termed this as a “textbook negative supply shock”. For the first time since the 1970s, the prospect of stagflation seems real.
Guardians of the Sea: How GEF Small Grants Program Enables Young Volunteers Take the Lead in Sea Turtle Conservation
- Inter Press Service
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, April 20 (IPS) - Every winter thousands of sea turtles come ashore at Cox’s Bazar, in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, to lay eggs.
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