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Unhealthy eating drives $8 trillion in annual hidden costs
08 November 2024
Most of the hidden costs of agrifood systems worldwide stem from health impacts linked to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a new report published on Friday.
The State of Food and Agriculture (…
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COP29: Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction
08 November 2024
Record-breaking floods in Spain, violent storms in Florida and wildfires in South America – these are just a few examples of the extreme weather events accelerating and intensifying across the world. With the cost of inaction clearer than ever, financing for clean alternatives to the fossil fuels which are driving climate change will be top of the agenda at this year’s UN climate conference,…
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Middle East crisis: Latest updates for 8 November
08 November 2024
The global Famine Review Committee issued an alert on Gaza and the UN human rights office released a scathing report on possible atrocities as Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued its military operations there and in Lebanon, where the UN peacekeeping force said the IDF deliberately bulldozed part of UNIFIL's post in Naqoura. Coverage for UN News app users is available here…
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Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’
08 November 2024
Sudan’s displaced have endured “unimaginable suffering” in their search for shelter from the country’s ongoing war, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.
Nineteen months since conflict erupted between rival militaries the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over the…
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Gaza: Possible atrocity crimes unfold, new UN report warns
08 November 2024
There must be “due reckoning” for horrific violations and possible atrocity crimes in Gaza, the UN human rights chief said on Friday following the release of a new report outlining actions taken by Israeli forces during the ongoing war with Hamas.
The report details the horrific reality faced by both…
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Time to dismantle legacies of slavery and colonialism impacting African diaspora
08 November 2024
Despite progress over the past 10 years to promote and protect the human rights of Black people worldwide, racism and discrimination persist, the President of the UN General Assembly President said on Friday.
Philémon Yang was speaking at a high-level meeting at UN…
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‘Looming catastrophe’: Experts warn of high risk of famine in northern Gaza
08 November 2024
There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip, food security experts said on Friday.
The warning comes in an alert issued by the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee (FRC), which underscored that the…
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Nicaragua: Alarming erosion of freedom and academic autonomy
08 November 2024
The UN’s independent Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua has raised alarm over rights violations which have been sanctioned by the Government against the university sector.
In a new report released on Friday, the three-person group of experts – who are appointed by the UN Human Rights…
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Cyberattacks on healthcare: A global threat that can’t be ignored
08 November 2024
An alarming surge in ransomware attacks is putting the world’s healthcare infrastructure at critical risk, endangering patient safety and destabilising health systems, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday, as the Security Council convened to discuss strategies to counter the growing threat…
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World News in Brief: Haiti latest, plastic tide in Samoa, Bakery boost in Ukraine, arbitrary detention in Mexico
08 November 2024
The crisis in Haiti continues to deteriorate as violence escalates across the country. According to the UN human rights office on Friday, between January and September of this year nearly 4,900 people have been killed.
More than 700,000 people are…
