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UN rights chief warns of ‘widespread and systematic’ torture of Ukrainian POWs
- UN News
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its 1,000-day mark, the UN’s top human rights official reiterated his call for Russia to cease its attack immediately and comply with its international obligations to protect civilians.
‘Families ran for their lives’: Syria receives 250,000 refugees fleeing Lebanon
- UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded an urgent visit to Syria, highlighting the plight of 250,000 people who have crossed into the country fleeing airstrikes in Lebanon.
‘Alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo
- UN News
The situation in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, in particular the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has remained “alarming” amid ongoing violence in the restive country’s east, said the UN Special Envoy to the Region in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday.
Explainer: How UN peacekeepers meet the challenge of escalating conflict in Lebanon
- UN News
The UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL has been operating along the “Blue Line” which separates Lebanon and Israel since the 1970s, and its mandate was just renewed for another year by the UN Security Council. But what is UNIFIL and what is it doing amid the escalating conflict between Hezbollah and Israel Defense Forces (IDF)?
Israel: New law blocking UNRWA ‘would be a catastrophe’, Guterres warns
- UN News
Two bills before the Israeli parliament could put a halt to the lifesaving operations of UN Palestine relief agency, UNRWA, which has been indispensable and irreplaceable “more than ever” over the past year of war in Gaza, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday.
‘Indescribable’ pain one year after 7 October attacks
- UN News
A Palestinian man living in a refugee camp in northern Gaza has talked of the ‘indescribable’ pain he has experienced over the past year as the conflict in the beleaguered enclave continues.
Fears grow that Lebanon may become another Gaza
- UN News
UN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million people who have fled heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders, driven by the fear that what happened in Gaza may befall them, too.
Artificial intelligence: rooting out bias and stereotypes
- UN News
As online tools using various forms of artificial intelligence become increasingly common, calls are growing for more action to ensure that they do not create or perpetuate stereotypes and gender bias.
Biogas, a Circular Energy, Advances in Brazil Thanks to Local Arrangements
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 07 (IPS) - "I don't know of a more sustainable technology for the transformation of society than biogas," said Professor Alex Enrich-Prast, an activist for this energy alternative with a highly diversified and decentralised expansion in Brazil.
Republicans Blame Women for America’s Low Birth Rate
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Oct 07 (IPS) - Countries around the world are experiencing low birth rates. In 2022, more than one hundred countries, representing two-thirds of world's population, experienced fertility rates below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman.
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