Dell reports massive uptake of GenAI
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News in Brief 18 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Gaza hospital destroyed, WHO chief reiterates ceasefire callThe head of the UN health agency Tedros...
Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond
Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has...
In Gaza, ‘things are getting worse’: Palestine refugees agency |
In northern Gaza, nearly 200 people were killed and injured following attacks this weekend on the UN-run Al-Fakoura school, according to Adnan Abu Hasna,...
Latest global nutrition data reveals extent of famine risk and ‘widespread death’
According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises, more than one in five people in 59 countries faced acute food insecurity in 2023,...
PODCAST: Bringing order to the AI ‘Wild West’
This episode of The Lid Is On focuses on cutting edge online technology, and the UN’s role in making sure that it benefits humanity,...
Electricity crisis plunges Guinea into tragedy
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News in Brief 19 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. ‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza: UNICEFGaza is by far the most dangerous...
UNRWA staff member recounts agency’s ‘impossible mission’ in Gaza |
Negotiations continued on Thursday towards the implementation of the Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza, where staff from the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA,...
WATCH: Peace and reconciliation in Kosovo ‘starts with youth’ |
In Kosovo, where tensions remain high between the ethnic Albanian and ethnic Serb communities, the United Nations is leading efforts to promote open communication...
UN chief calls for all hands on deck at Climate Promise 2025 launch
The Climate Promise 2025 aims to accelerate efforts from local to international levels to take more ambitious steps to ensure the global temperature does...
‘Completely Baseless’: Reports of Mass Graves at Gaza Hospitals are False, IDF Says
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i24 News – Claims that IDF troops left mass graves on the territory of two Gaza hospitals, where they buried executed...
News in Brief 20 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warnsGazans have...
UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe: UN officials
Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a joint statement calling on the...
Israel Intensifies Strikes Across Gaza, Orders New Evacuations in North
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Israeli strikes intensified across Gaza on Tuesday in some of the heaviest shelling in weeks, residents said, as the army ordered...
France: Man Suspected of Abducting, Raping Jewish Woman ‘to Avenge Palestine’
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i24 News – A man in a suburb of Paris is suspected of abducting and raping a Jewish woman, French media...
General Assembly President urges critics to engage with the UN |
The UN General Assembly last month passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas – the first collective call to action...
Palestinian Prime Minister Announces New Reform Package
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Newly installed Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa announced a package of reforms on Tuesday aimed at strengthening the Palestinian Authority (PA)...
News in Brief 23 April 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza mass graves uncovered with victims’ hands tied: UN’s TürkDisturbing reports continued to emerge on...
Opinion: Rational Energy Technology Choices for South Africa’s Sustainable Future
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Remember Sabreen al-Sakani, one of 180 women who give birth in Gaza every day...
Sabreen al-Sakani: one name among the more than 34,000 people killed in Gaza since 7 October. Sabreen was 30 weeks pregnant when she died...
Iran Threatens to Annihilate Israel Should It Launch a Major Attack
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An Israeli attack on Iranian territory could radically change dynamics and result in there being nothing left of the “Zionist regime,”...
News in Brief 21 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Injured patients ‘waiting to die’ in northern Gaza as last hospital shuts down: WHOThere are...
From Dominica to Vogue: Big dreams on a small island
Small island developing States (SIDS) often benefit from good weather, sandy beaches and lush countryside, attracting large numbers of tourists, particularly from the United...
