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  1. Girls Redrawing the Future of Artificial Intelligence

    - Inter Press Service

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    UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (IPS) - A few weeks ago we celebrated the Girls in ICT Day and I am wondering how can we keep moving the digital equality needle so that more women out of the 259 million that are disconnected today can log in and become creators and not only beneficiaries in the digital economy?

  2. Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law

    - UN News

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    UN chief António Guterres is “deeply concerned” after Uganda’s president signed into law a punitive so-called “Anti-Homosexuality Act”, the UN Spokesperson said in a statement released late on Tuesday.

  3. UN chief strongly condemns DPRK spy satellite launch

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    UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the latest satellite launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), his spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.

  4. Economic woes dash job prospects in low income countries: ILO

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    Soaring debt levels compounded by high inflation and rising interest rates have dashed job-seekers’ hopes in developing countries, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned on Wednesday.

  5. Urgency for a Global Fund for Media & Journalism

    - Inter Press Service

    KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 30 (IPS) - There have been an array of proposals to sustain journalism around the world -- from tax incentives and subsidies to the idea of allocating 1% of governments’ GDP to a drastically increased ODA for independent journalism in the global South.

  6. IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine

    - UN News

    The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to unambiguously support five principles aimed at preventing a nuclear accident amid the war in Ukraine, now in its 15th month.

  7. Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts

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    A large group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called on the Belarusian authorities to immediately release all those being held on “spurious charges”, simply for exercising their fundamental rights to peaceful assembly, association and expression, to be released without delay.

  8. Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hears

    - UN News

    Racism is a global problem, and every country must take a stance against it, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said on Monday, addressing the latest meeting of a UN platform to improve the safety and quality of life of people of African descent worldwide.

  9. Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war

    - UN News

    Action on the ground must match diplomacy’s steadily advancing gains towards ending the 12-year-old war in Syria, where violence is once again, killing a growing numbers of civilians, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday.

  10. Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns

    - UN News

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    A total of 4.9 million people in Haiti – nearly half of the country's population – are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, according to a new UN-supported report.

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