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European Green Deal: EU and Republic of Korea launch Green Partnership
EU and Republic of Korea launch Green Partnership to deepen cooperation on climate action, clean energy and environmental protection
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El Salvador: Renewed state of emergency undermines right to fair trial
the UN Human Rights Council said on Monday. The state of emergency was first approved in March 2022, and initially for a month, but has been renewed ever since, generating…
Human Rights
Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished
More than seven million children under the age of five remain malnourished and in need of urgent nutrition aid, and over 1.9 million boys and girls* are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition. As the…
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Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’
“On the International Day for Biological Diversity, we reflect on our relationship with humanity’s life-support system, from the air we breathe and the food we eat, to the energy that…
Human Rights
Ghana peacekeeper named UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year
Captain Cecilia Erzuah, 32, who has served in Abyei since March last year, as the Commander of the Ghana Engagement Platoon, will receive the award from Secretary-General António Guterres during a…
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World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was delivering his report to the 76th World Health Assembly, the UN agency’s decision-making body, which is meeting this week. Threat still remains “The end…
Human Rights
Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks
“Lives and infrastructure are being destroyed, and the security situation is impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid,” said Volker Perthes, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sudan, briefing the Security…
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Ukraine: Power loss at nuclear plant underscores ‘highly vulnerable’ safety situation
This marked the seventh time that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant had been completely disconnected from the national electricity grid since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion 15 months…
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Did anti-cult Federation FECRIS lose at once 38 member-associations, or did it fake numbers?
FECRIS is the European Federation of Centers for Research and Information on Sects and Cults, an umbrella organization funded by the French government, that gathers and coordinates “anti-cult” organizations throughout…
Economy
Bananas – a “socially important product” in Russia
In addition, the protocol states a temporary reset of the tariff rate for bananas Bananas may become a "socially important product" in Russia, and import duties may be temporarily removed,…