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Sudan’s health crisis worsens as funding collapses, leaving pregnant women and rape survivors without care. UNFPA warns: millions of lives hang in the balance.
German Chancellor Merz warns the EU may retaliate against U.S. tech firms if trade talks fail, signaling deepening tensions with Trump’s tariff threats.
At the Global Disability Summit, leaders emphasized inclusive education for children with disabilities in crisis settings, urging global action to ensure equity, resilience, and meaningful participation for all.
Trump and Musk’s alliance has collapsed into a bitter online feud, exposing tensions between America’s political power and tech dominance. A digital war is underway.
The White House begins restructuring the Department of Government Efficiency after Elon Musk’s resignation and criticism of Trump’s controversial spending bill.
The United Nations concluded its decade-long peacekeeping operation in Mali on Sunday, following a directive from Mali’s military leaders.
Addressing the mounting challenges faced by the international community, as highlighted in the Secretary-General’s New Year message for 2024, requires a multifaceted and collaborative approach.
A United Nations Security Council veto today (Dec. 8, 2023) by the U.S. government about the Hamas-Israel ceasefire illustrates the horrific failure of the UN to prevent war—which is the primary responsibility of the organization according to its charter, says a University of Michigan researcher, Israeli peace activist and survivor of an earlier attack by Hamas.
The past decade has been confirmed the warmest ever recorded, continuing an alarming 30-year trend that the UN weather chief said on Tuesday is “unequivocally driven by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.”
The protection of civilians in conflict zones, such as the current situation in Gaza, is of paramount importance and represents a fundamental principle of international humanitarian law
Gaza has become a “graveyard” for children with thousands now killed under Israeli bombardment, while more than a million face dire shortages of essentials and a lifetime of trauma ahead, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
“The sound of her erhu tells stories that we all can understand. With just two strings, she paints images and scenes that words cannot describe.” This sentiment was expressed by a UN based journalist, after attending the concert of renowned erhu player Xiaohui Ma on October 9.
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday firmly rebuked what he described as the “false” claim by top Israeli diplomats that he had sought to justify the terror attacks of 7 October by Hamas in a speech he delivered to the Security Council.
Sponsored by the World Madam Foundation and organized in partnership with the World Madam Group and various other organizations, the “WORLD MADAM International Culture Week” took place in New York from October 3rd to 10th.
On the morning of October 18, 2023, local time, the “Open Innovation Win-Win Cooperation” Global Roadshow – Invest Shanghai series of events (New York, USA) took place at the Rockefeller Center in New York.
The African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN), under the leadership of Sharon OKubo, its Global Champion and Kilifi County came together in a remarkable display of unity a on Friday evening, October 6th,2023, and successfully launched the ARDN Red Card Campaign’s fashion show.
New Zealand’s World Madam, Jasmine Li, expressed that this trip has brought her many insights. Not only is Jasmine Li intelligent and elegant, but she is also a successful real estate developer and natural ranch investor in New Zealand.
Every two minutes, a mother dies from childbirth complications, and millions of babies and young children die annually. In some places, including the U.S., maternal mortality rates have even increased.
No child or adolescent, nor teacher, should have to live in fear for their lives by going to school. It is an absurd thought. Yet, it is more than so: it is an actual reality or threat thereof for millions of young people, their teachers and parents living in armed conflicts.
This transformation in skills and culture, encapsulated in the Secretary-General’s vision of a UN 2.0, is focused on fostering cutting-edge capabilities in data, digital, innovation, foresight and behavioural science – to deliver stronger results, better Member State support, and faster progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
