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UN agencies warn of ‘looming catastrophe’ as world hunger rises
Jul 07, 2022 00:07World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ukraine war and climate change threatening starvation and mass migration on an “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN agencies.
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G7 unveils $600bn infrastructure plan to rival China's Belt and Road initiative
Jun 28, 2022 06:33The Group of Seven (G7) countries are set to raise $600 billion in funding for advancement projects in the developing world in a move designed to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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Johnson defends UK plan to electronically tag some asylum seekers
Jun 19, 2022 01:29British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended his government’s plan to electronically tag some asylum-seekers who enter the UK on boats or trucks.
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Thousands take to streets to protest Tunisian president’s bid to overhaul constitution
Jun 19, 2022 01:26Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Tunisia’s capital to protest President Kais Saied’s bid to overhaul the country’s constitution.
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Iran’s exports to Africa at $1.2bn in year to late March: IRICA
Jun 12, 2022 00:49Iranian customs office (IRICA) figures show exports to Africa reached a total of $1.2 billion in the year to late March.
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100th protester killed by security forces in fresh anti-coup demos in Sudan
Jun 07, 2022 06:48Sudan's security forces have shot another anti-coup protester, marking the 100th death in anti-coup demonstrations since October.
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Monkeypox outbreak is ‘containable,’ WHO says after confirming more cases
May 24, 2022 14:26The World Health Organization (WHO) says a recent outbreak of an extremely rare disease called monkeypox is “containable” in non-endemic countries,” even as health experts have been baffled by the recent spike in countries with no history of the viral disease.
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Iran supports UN efforts to address global food insecurity: Takht-Ravanchi
May 20, 2022 06:31Iran's envoy to the United Nations (UN) says the Islamic Republic supports the world body's efforts to address global food insecurity amid the acute hunger crisis gripping the world.
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Qud's Day and Africa
Apr 25, 2022 07:52The people of Africa join other masses across the world every year to mark the International Quds Day in support of Palestinians.
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Iran voices concern on terrorism in West Africa
Apr 13, 2022 01:51The foreign minister of Iran expressed concern about the activities of the extremist, terrorist and Takfiri groups in Burkina Faso and other countries in West Africa.