News headlines in April 2024, page 5

  1. By Sending Nuclear Weapons to UK, Could US be Fueling Nuclear Proliferation?

    - Inter Press Service

    LONDON, Apr 25 (IPS) - For the first time in 15 years, the United States is reportedly planning to station nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom, a decision many experts interpret as attempting to counter growing geopolitical instability.

  2. World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper's death sentence

    - UN News

    The international community must take immediate action to end the wave of sexual violence being carried out against women and girls in Sudan, two senior UN officials said on Thursday.

  3. Senior UN aid official urges comprehensive response to Haiti crisis

    - UN News

    The ongoing crisis in Haiti is having a “massive” and “devastating” impact, with over half the population acutely food insecure and more than one million staring at emergency levels of hunger, a senior UN World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Thursday.

  4. Stories from the UN Archive: UN proclaims world’s first Earth Day

    - UN News

    The General Assembly designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009, but the roots of the Day go back to the 1970s.

  5. UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social media on young girls

    - UN News

    Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - present high risks of privacy invasion, cyberbullying and distraction from learning to young girls, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) latest Global Education Monitor (GEM) report released on Thursday.

  6. Syria crisis intensifies in shadow of Gaza war

    - UN News

    The war in Gaza continues to cast a dark shadow over the wider Middle East region, in particular Syria where a series of strikes and attacks are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday.

  7. Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah

    - UN News

    Unexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery faced by the enclave’s people and sparked new fears of disease outbreaks amid a lack of sufficient clean water and waste disposal, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.

  8. Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis

    - UN News

    Across the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League universities amid a campus-wide crackdown on students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, shining a spotlight on the question of freedom of expression worldwide, said UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan.

  9. Gender therapy review reveals devastating impacts on teens

    - UN News

    A top Human Rights Council-appointed expert has welcomed the decision by all health authorities in the United Kingdom to halt the routine use of puberty-blockers offered to children as part of gender transition services, amid a sharp increase more widely in the number of teenage girls seeking such treatment and concerns that it might disrupt brain development.

  10. Debate at UN highlights the impact of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’

    - UN News

    On 25 April 1974, military officers overthrew the nearly 50-year dictatorship in Portugal in a largely peaceful coup known as the Carnation Revolution.

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