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UN calls for investigation into attack against peacekeepers in Lebanon
- UN News
The UN is urging authorities in Lebanon to conduct a quick and thorough investigation into an attack earlier this week against peacekeepers maintaining security and stability in the south of the country.
Two children killed in airstrike on Tigray refugee camp
- UN News
“Refugees are not and should never be a target”, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday, following reports of a deadly airstrike on the Mai Aini refugee camp in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.
UN urges restraint in Kazakhstan, with dozens reportedly killed
- UN News
Amid alarming reports of deadly violence in Kazakhstan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Asia have called for restraint and dialogue.
COVID-19: New Year brings renewed WHO appeal for vaccine equity
- UN News
The highest number of COVID-19 cases so far in the pandemic were reported last week across the globe, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Thursday.
55 journalists killed in 2021, impunity ‘alarmingly widespread’ – UNESCO
- UN News
Fifty-five journalists and media professionals were killed last year, latest UN data showed on Thursday, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved.
US Democracy Faces Gravest Danger
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 06 (IPS) - Unless the Republicans and Democrats put the nation above their party and personal interests, our democracy will face the gravest danger in more than a hundred years.
Authoritarianism will creep in, leading to the collapse of American political institutions and the demise of our democracy as we know it.
A Fast-Spreading Pandemic has Reduced an Additional 100 Million People into Poverty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 06 (IPS) - The UN’s highly-ambitious goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 has been severely undermined by a rash of problems worldwide, including an escalating coronavirus pandemic, continued widespread military conflicts and the devastating impact of climate change.
Global food prices rose ‘sharply’ during 2021
- UN News
The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the previous year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed on Thursday.
Environmental Disasters Creating More Migrants Within Countries - Podcast
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Jan 05 (IPS) - In the final months of 2021 you likely saw countless media reports of migrant men, women and children getting blocked at borders trying to enter various countries. Two flashpoints were the Mexico-US border and the border between Poland and Belarus, but there were many others.
Free at Last: Trafficked Woman's Story a Warning to Other Vulnerable Job Seekers
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Rwanda, Jan 05 (IPS) - When Kamikazi* from Gisagara, a district in Southern Rwanda, was forced to quit her job due to COVID-19 last year, she desperately sought other employment.
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