News in Brief 12 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. ‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity decimated – WHO The last barely functioning hospital in northern...
Crisis in Gaza becoming a crisis of free speech |
Some heads of top “Ivy League” universities across the United States have been pushed out due to political pressure as educators crack down on...
PODCAST: Can young leaders help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals? |
With the world currently recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, and reeling from the economic fallout of the war in Ukraine, progress on achieving the...
News in Brief 13 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Gaza ceasefire ‘in everybody’s interest’: UN humanitarian coordinatorA ceasefire in Gaza is “the only way...
US, 17 Other Countries Urge Hamas to Release Hostages, End Gaza Crisis
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The United States and 17 other countries on Thursday issued an appeal for Hamas to release all of its hostages as a pathway to end the crisis in Gaza, but the Palestinian terrorist group vowed not...
WATCH/LISTEN: Social media negatively affects girls’ mental health |
Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software, especially social media, present high risks of privacy invasion, cyberbullying and distraction from learning to young girls– that’s according...
Senior UN aid official urges comprehensive response to Haiti crisis
Haitians have been facing a multitude of challenges over the years, encompassing political, security, social and economic issues. The protracted crisis has been further...
Network Behind Eruption of Anti-Israel College Campus Protests Revealed in New Report
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Anti-Zionist protests striking US colleges and universities across the country have been the result of “tightly coordinated” efforts backed by the...
WATCH: Trinidad fights back against a plastic invasion |
Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to plastic pollution. As well as coping with a tsunami of waste washes up on their beaches...
UN Rapporteur With History of Anti-Israel Animus Supports Pro-Hamas Protests on College Campuses
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The United Nations’ special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories has praised the anti-Israel demonstrations that have...
News in Brief 25 April 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up, WHO urges preventive measuresSmoking and drinking...
Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah
The warning from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, came as some 1.2 million people continued to shelter in tents pitched in and...
US Issues Further Sanctions on Iran, Targets Drones
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The United States on Thursday issued further sanctions on Iran, targeting Iranian drones, including their use by Russia in the war...
Amid Gaza horror ‘we have the duty and responsibility’ to aid early recovery |
The UN and partners are duty bound to work towards an early recovery on behalf of Gazans, even though that is “intrinsically tied to...
Iranian, 2 Others Detained in Peru Over Plot to Kill Israelis
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An Iranian and two Peruvians have been sentenced to 18 months of preventative detention for allegedly plotting to kill two Israelis...
PODCAST: UN boosts fight against drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle |
Countries in Southeast Asia are coming together with the support of the UN to tackle what is being described as “one of the biggest...
News in Brief 14 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Gaza flooding latest disaster to hit desperate PalestiniansHeavy rains created new misery in Gaza as...
UN coordinator in Gaza announces new plan to deliver lifesaving aid
“The operationalisation of the mechanism will allow for pipeline prioritisation, predictability, visibility and tracking of supplies to Gaza,” she told ambassadors.The new plan stemmed...
Burkina Faso military accused of genocide
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Gaza-Israel crisis: Hospitals should not be a war zone, says UN’s emergency relief chief...
Five weeks into the Gaza-Israel crisis, the UN’s top emergency relief official on Wednesday reiterated growing international calls for the warring parties to de-escalate,...
Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up, WHO urges preventive measures
Data covering all three areas revealed that more than one in two 15-year-olds experimented with alcohol, while one in five teenagers recently used e-cigarettes,...
Kenya floods death toll rises to 38
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PODCAST: Nevermind the guest list, deliver on SDGs says Guterres |
The UN chief has a strong message for those who say the absence of some key leaders is a blow to this year’s General...
Israeli Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin Seen Alive in a New Hamas Video
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i24 News – Hamas released a psychological warfare video on Wednesday featuring the 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was abducted from the...
