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COP26 ends in Glasgow with ‘compromise’ climate deal, but ‘catastrophe’ still looms
Nov 14, 2021 08:14United Nations climate talks have ended with the vast majority of world leaders agreeing to make efforts to harness global warming by reducing gas emissions and gradually ending deforestation by 2030.
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Forced displacement significantly increased across globe in first half of 2021: UN
Nov 12, 2021 04:07The number of people fleeing war, conflict and persecution rose significantly during the first half of 2021, driven especially by the millions more displaced inside their own countries, the UN says.
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Iran becomes full member of UN Scientific Committee on Effects of Atomic Radiation
Nov 10, 2021 11:36Iran has been officially admitted as a full member of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), which is tasked with providing information on occupational, medical, natural radiation, and the associated health risks.
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UN adopts resolution against the Zionist entity’s illegal settlements
Nov 10, 2021 09:10The United Nations has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution in condemnation of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including al-Quds, and Syria’s Golan Heights, and demanded cessation of their construction.
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UN climate talks to wrap up with proposed higher emissions pledges by 2022
Nov 10, 2021 08:57The British hosts of the COP26 UN climate conference in Glasgow have proposed that countries raise their ambitions to slash greenhouse gas emissions by next year in a draft political decision that will be negotiated over the next three days.
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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.