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COVID-19 ‘far from over,’ world just in middle of pandemic: WHO
Mar 18, 2022 14:25A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Friday that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic was a long way off, citing a rise in cases in its latest weekly data.
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UN fails to raise money to avert catastrophe in war-ravaged Yemen
Mar 18, 2022 10:58The UN says it needs four billion dollars in aid for Yemen as the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in the war-ravaged country. But donors have failed to raise enough money to avert the impending crisis. Yemen’s economy lies in ruins and basic services are collapsing.
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Iran: UN rapporteur’s ‘biased’ report would only undermine human rights
Mar 18, 2022 07:46Tehran has denounced as “politicized” and “biased” the UN rapporteur’s report on the country’s human rights situation, saying such an approach would only undermine human rights in Iran.
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WHO warns about rise in global COVID cases
Mar 17, 2022 08:12The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm over a global rise in COVID-19 cases, despite reduced testing and several weeks of declining infections.
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UK says it has settled historic debt to Iran
Mar 17, 2022 07:06Britain has paid a historic debt owed to Iran relating to military equipment, British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Myanmar military engaged in widespread abuses: UN human rights chief
Mar 16, 2022 09:51The UN rights chief says Myanmar's military has engaged in widespread human rights violations and abuses, calling on the international community to take concerted, immediate measures to stem the spiral of violence in the Southeast Asian country.
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Iran in driver's seat as UN names Day to Combat Islamophobia
Mar 16, 2022 03:22Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the country backs the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)’s endeavors towards fighting Islamophobia.
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2,000 cars leave besieged Mariupol in first successful evacuation
Mar 15, 2022 12:41Ukrainian authorities say some 2,000 cars have left the port city of Mariupol along a humanitarian evacuation route, while a further 2,000 are waiting to leave.
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UN chief warns of 'hurricane of hunger' amid Ukraine crisis
Mar 15, 2022 08:48UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the "hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system" in the wake of a simmering crisis in Ukraine.
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UN expert warns millions suffering in deadly pollution ‘sacrifice zones’
Mar 12, 2022 14:26In a report presented to the UN Human Rights Council recently, David Boyd, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment says pollution contributed to twice as many premature deaths as COVID-19 in the first 18 months of the coronavirus pandemic.