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Gaza: Hospitals closed, aid denied, civilians trapped
30 December 2024
UN News
A family sits outside a makeshift shelter in Gaza.
Essential services that sustain life - healthcare, emergency aid, and humanitarian access - are being systematically dismantled in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA…
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In New Year’s Message, Guterres urges countries to drastically slash emissions and ‘exit this road to ruin’
30 December 2024
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Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Summit of the Future high-level event at United Nations Headquarters.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for making 2025 “a new beginning” in his message for the New Year, issued on Monday…
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The inspiring female engineer breathing new life into Yemen’s ancient capital
30 December 2024
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Harbiya al-Hamiry, a Yemeni heritage engineer who embarked on a mission to revive Yemen’s historical buildings.
Harbia Al-Himiary has a special connection to Sana’a, whose war-damaged buildings she is helping to restore, as part of a UNESCO-supported initiative…
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UN chief hails ‘peacemaker, human rights champion’, former President Jimmy Carter
30 December 2024
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President Jimmy Carter addressing delegates in the General Assembly Hall at UNHQ in New York. (1977)
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday expressed his deep sadness at the passing of former United States President Jimmy Carter, who has died aged 100, at his…
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UN official warns against further escalation amid attacks in Yemen, Israel and the Red Sea
30 December 2024
UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans
The Faj Attan neighbourhood in Yemen is regularly hit by airstrikes. Most of the population has left.
A senior UN official appealed on Monday for an end to the hostilities between Israel and Houthi rebels in Yemen which have taken “an escalatory turn” in recent…
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Sudan conflict: ‘There cannot be a military solution to this war’
29 December 2024
联合国难民署/Reason Moses Runyanga
逃离苏丹冲突的家庭抵达南苏丹乌韦勒的一个转运中心。
Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, continues to inflict misery on the country’s population, fuelling a massive humanitarian disaster and driving over 12 million people from their homes.…
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AI literacy is ‘crucial’ for individuals and more regulation is needed
28 December 2024
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Young women participate in a coding workshop in in Kigali, Rwanda.
Companies and governments need to take more responsibility for keeping individuals safe from the potential misuse of artificial intelligence tools, according to AI expert Ivana Bartoletti…
