UN: How can schools open up again safely?
Launched in March by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food…
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg launches campaign against COVID-19
“The coronavirus pandemic is the greatest struggle the world has seen in generations”, said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta…
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PAHO calls to accelerate and expand COVID-19 testing
“We need a clearer view of where the virus is circulating and how many people have been infected in order…
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Africa mobilizing to minimize COVID-19 losses
“The crisis has wide-ranging implications”, said the UN Chief, delivering remarks at a meeting with leaders of the African Group…
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-3% growth forecast for global economy this year
Gita Gopinath, Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Research Department, said in a blog post that following the global…
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Liberty Global announces $4 million COVID-19 employee assistance fund
The programmes will be funded initially by Liberty’s executive leadership team and board of directors who will donate $2 million out of…
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Global food supply chain holding up for now as COVID-19 pandemic worsens
In a new report, “COVID-19: Potential impact on the world’s poorest people: A WFP analysis of the economic and food security…
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Corona beer says surveys ‘unfounded’ amid COVID-19 claims
The New York-based PR agency reported that “38 percent” of American beer drinkers would not…
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UN must continue to be a forum for dialogue on decolonization
António Guterres was speaking at the opening of the latest session of the UN Special Committee dealing with decolonization, which he called…
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Liberty Global extends partnership with Netflix
The partnership follows Liberty Global’s commitment to leverage its next-generation gigabit speed broadband networks to provide its…
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Female genital mutilation costs $1.4 billion annually - WHO
New modelling by the UN agency to coincide with the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, marked on Thursday,…
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Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams
The findings come in the latest report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, released on Thursday.
“I am appalled by the…
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New twist in Venezuela crisis as rivals declare separate speaker of National Assembly
In addition to rival Presidents, the oil-rich South American country now has two men claiming to be Speaker of the National Assembly.
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Belize Court of Appeal’s pro-gay ruling a ‘dangerous precedent’ and threat to democracy, warns regional Christian alliance
That’s the view of Christian alliance – Caribbean CAUSE – a regional group consisting of individuals and groups from 14…
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Five dead, 60 injured in major US crash
The fatal crash happened about 3:40 am along the Pennsylvania Turnpike and involved a tour bus, three trailer trucks and another vehicle.…
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World Braille Day marks key communication tool for millions - UN
It is estimated that approximately 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment or blindness, according to the Worth Health Organization (WHO…
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