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In urgent appeal, UN hunger agency warns millions of people facing starvation
Nov 10, 2021 07:39The United Nations food agency has said that the number of people on the edge of famine across 43 countries had risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world.
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Ethiopia detains 16 UN staffers over ‘participation in terror acts’
Nov 10, 2021 07:02Ethiopia has detained 16 local members of the United Nations in the capital, Addis Ababa, citing their “participation in terror acts” in the country.
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Hamas berates US blind support for Zionist entity after UN consensus on Palestinians’ right to self-determination
Nov 09, 2021 14:15The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has called on US President Joe Biden’s administration to reconsider its “outrageous pro-Zionist stances” and to stop Washington’s blind support for the Tel Aviv regime, after the US voted against a recent UN resolution in favor of Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
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Afghans queue to receive aid amid acute food shortage
Nov 09, 2021 08:17World Food Programme, the food-assistance arm of the United Nations, distributed vital relief supplies in Kabul over the weekend as crisis-stricken residents queued to receive wheat and other items.
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Germany COVID infections hit highest as France sees record hospitalizations
Nov 09, 2021 08:16Germany’s new coronavirus infections have soared alarmingly, touching the highest level since the start of the pandemic, public health figures showed on Monday.
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Hamas hails approval of UN resolution on Palestinians' right to self-determination
Nov 08, 2021 03:19The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has welcomed an overwhelming vote in favor of a recent UN resolution supporting the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.
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West throws Palestinian rights groups to the wolves
Nov 04, 2021 16:49The eagerness of the EU and UN bodies to defer to the Israeli regime is further indication that Palestinian human rights workers will be thrown to the wolves.
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Europe 'once again at epicenter' of coronavirus pandemic: WHO
Nov 04, 2021 11:49The World Health Organization says Europe is 'once again at the epicentre' of the coronavirus pandemic, as cases surge amid 'insufficient vaccination coverage and the relaxation of public health and social measures'.
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Algeria accuses Morocco of deadly airstrike in disputed region
Nov 04, 2021 09:12Algeria says Morocco has carried out an airstrike in the border area between Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara, killing three Algerians.
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Climate optimism is an illusion, UN chief tells Cop26
Nov 03, 2021 06:12The UN Secretary General António Guterres said humanity stood on the brink of disaster and had been driven there by an addiction to fossil fuels and its “brutal” treatment of the natural world. Further global heating – with temperature rises already at 1.1C – would risk pushing the world past the point of no return.