The magnitude six quake has already left more than 800 dead and at least 2,000 injured, but the total impact could be in the “hundreds […]
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Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF
Official Development Assistance (ODA) for education is projected to fall by $3.2 billion – a 24 per cent drop from 2023 – with just three […]
Aid effort underway after Afghanistan quake ‘wipes out’ villages
“I stand in full solidarity with the people of Afghanistan after the devastating earthquake that hit the country earlier today,” the Secretary-General said in an […]
UN chief calls for justice and ‘real change’ for people of African descent
In a message released ahead of the Day, Mr. Guterres honoured the “extraordinary” contributions of people of African descent across every sphere of human endeavour. […]
‘Our livelihoods have been cut off’, say West Bank farmers ahead of olive harvest
Like thousands of Palestinian farmers, he faces growing restrictions from Israeli forces and settlers, who have made the olive harvest season – running from September […]
Despite Taliban ban, over 90 per cent of Afghans support girls’ right to learn
Four years after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the scale and severity of the women’s rights crisis continues to intensify. Afghanistan is the only […]
Teachers are the ‘guardians of our future’, says UN deputy chief
Their work, said UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, is “the beating heart of education, the cornerstone of sustainable development, and the guardians of our future.” […]
World News in Brief: Executions surge in Iran, nuclear test threat, Burkina Faso declares top official unwelcome
At least 841 people have been put to death by the Government of Iran since the beginning of the year, with ethnic minorities and migrants […]
World News in Brief: More deaths in Ukraine, lengthy detentions in Egypt, AI governance, US postal tariffs
Since Friday, 11 civilians have been killed and more than 90 wounded, according to the authorities. Schools and energy infrastructure also were damaged. The Donetsk […]
International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade: ‘Time to abolish exploitation once and for all’
“It is time to abolish human exploitation once and for all and to recognise the equal and unconditional dignity of each and every individual,” Ms. […]
