World must deliver support to Afghans: UN refugee chief
UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi called on Thursday for sustained international support for Afghanistan’s people, where the country’s humanitarian crisis is worsening. Speaking from...
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First Person: From Gaza to the Red Planet
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Loay Elbasyouni is a Palestinian electrical engineer on the NASA team that designed Ingenuity, an innovative robotic helicopter that landed on Mars in 2021. He...
For equality, respect and dignity we must ‘speak as one’ against racism: Guterres
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Racism continues to poison institutions, social structures, and everyday life across all societies, the UN chief said on Friday at a dedicated meeting against what...
After 10 years fighting in the bush – it’s time to go home
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26-year-old Jean-Nepo Mukeshimana is speaking at the Munigi Transit Camp, near northern Goma, where he is preparing to leave for Rwanda, after some 10 years...
UN says at least 70 migrants dead or missing off Libyan coast
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“I am appalled by the continuing loss of life in the Central Mediterranean and the lack of action to tackle this ongoing tragedy,” said Federico...
Ukraine: Magnitude of civilian casualties demands investigation and accountability, Security Council hears
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She painted a picture of daily attacks battering Ukrainian cities, many reportedly indiscriminate....
UN Ocean Conference 2022: The launch of a ‘fleet’ of solutions
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Plastic waste is also choking our waters, and more than half of the world’s marine species may stand on the brink of extinction by 2100....
Misinformation that Omicron is ‘the last COVID-19 variant’ fuelling uptick worldwide: WHO
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A combination of factors, including misinformation that the pandemic is over, the lifting of mask mandates, ending physical distancing – and a more transmissible Omicron...
Gender equality ‘fundamental prerequisite’ for peaceful, sustainable world
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Gender equality is essentially “a question of power” that for millennia, has, “to the detriment of all”, been mostly in the hands of men, the...
Tensions rise in Libya as risk of ‘parallel governments’ grows, Security Council hears
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Amid a political impasse that threatens to see Libya fractured again by two parallel governments, the priority must be maintaining hard-won gains and fulfilling the electoral...