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Hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty: Türk (opens the publisher's site)
More than a quarter of humanity struggles to get enough food, even though the world produces enough for everyone, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Monday, blaming injustice and the denial of human rights for hunger in a world of plenty.
UN condemns deadly wave of drone strikes in war-torn Sudan (opens the publisher's site)
Drone strikes killed and injured dozens across Sudan on Monday as the ongoing war continues to cause soaring displacement and hunger.
‘Season of fear’: Escalating Israeli attacks on West Bank olive farmers, deadly strikes on Gaza (opens the publisher's site)
Israeli attacks on war-torn Gaza over the weekend killed at least six Palestinians, including children, despite a year-old ceasefire agreement. Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, settler violence continued through the ongoing olive harvest, with UN independent experts on Monda...
Haiti: Elections on hold as gangs adapt to security crackdown, Security Council hears (opens the publisher's site)
Armed groups in Haiti are adapting to intensified security operations, stepping up reprisals against civilians and extending their reach into rural areas, the UN warned the Security Council on Monday.
Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’ (opens the publisher's site)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to Indonesian peacekeepers on Monday, laying a wreath in honour of four who recently lost their lives in Lebanon and offering a robust defence of UN peacekeeping in what he called “testing times for peace”.
Gaza: Funding cuts leave half a million without food assistance (opens the publisher's site)
Funding shortages have forced the World Food Programme (WFP) to slash assistance to hungry families in the Gaza Strip by roughly one third – a move that will affect some 500,000 people as winter approaches, the UN agency announced on Monday.
Protecting Earth’s fragile biodiversity takes spotlight at Armenia talks (opens the publisher's site)
Biodiversity losses continue to upend the lives of billions of people whose future prosperity depends on countries taking urgent action to protect our planet, the top UN official leading talks at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, said on Monday.
Students air their frustrations anonymously online as emigration tempts many young people in North Macedonia (opens the publisher's site)
“Our idea is not simply to collect complaints, but to transform individual students’ experiences into evidence that can be used for advocacy and for creating change.”
Inside the New York ‘time machine’ racing to save a century of sound and film (opens the publisher's site)
“I tell my kids I work in a time machine,” said Rhony Dostaly. In a basement beneath Lincoln Center, the media preservation engineer rescues moments from the past. “I go back in time, and I grab elements, and I make them available for people today.”
Flour sacks turned flood barriers: Gaza faces another winter without safe shelter (opens the publisher's site)
Like many people in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, Ahmed Al-Omari is preparing for another winter of bitter cold and rain that threatens to cause flooding as families struggle to survive in tattered tents and damaged buildings.
Hong Kong police launch AI-powered national security platform for school pupils (opens the publisher's site)
The tech allows students to generate personalized stories on China’s “holistic approach to national security” – a framework advocated by President Xi Jinping covering areas from politics and economy to ecology and technology.
Afghanistan faces record hunger levels amid rampant rights violations (opens the publisher's site)
Acute malnutrition and hunger in Afghanistan have reached the highest levels ever recorded, with 15.9 million people facing acute food insecurity and conditions set to worsen in the coming months, according to a global hunger monitor report released on Thursday.
AI, green energy and economic transitions risk leaving vulnerable communities behind, UN warns (opens the publisher's site)
Rapid transformations – from artificial intelligence and digital technologies to renewable energy and demographic shifts – are reshaping economies worldwide, creating new opportunities but also threatening to deepen socio-economic inequalities, a new UN report warned on Thursday.
Could your brain data be used against you? UN calls for limits on neurotechnology (opens the publisher's site)
Brain signals recorded by a gaming headset or a wellness gadget could one day be used as evidence against you in court, according to a new UN report which warns that neurotechnology is outpacing the laws meant to protect human rights.
Norway’s Telenor telecom faces lawsuit for giving user data to Myanmar junta (opens the publisher's site)
"We hope this will finally lead to accountability for the harms Telenor has caused Myanmar people through its conduct and its dangerous divestment."
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery (opens the publisher's site)
Intensifying fighting in Yemen has cut off life-saving assistance to 800,000 people as shifting frontlines, blocked roads and growing insecurity severely restrict access to the city of Taiz and other conflict zones, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
Colombia: UN independent experts call for Ecopetrol to provide reparations to victims of armed conflict (opens the publisher's site)
UN independent experts welcomed on Wednesday a recent landmark corporate accountability ruling involving the Ecopetrol oil company by Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace, calling for reparations for victims.
Global action to end violence against children is lagging behind risks: UN expert (opens the publisher's site)
The UN Special Representative on Violence Against Children has called for stronger global action to protect boys and girls caught up in a growing number of crises, as current efforts fall short.
‘Need for UN has never been greater,’ UN chief says, proposing slimmer $3.3 billion budget for 2027 (opens the publisher's site)
Amid climate disruption, an AI revolution, war and growing hunger, “the need for the United Nations has never been greater,” Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, presenting a $3.3 billion programme budget proposal for next year – a cut of $40.8 million.
World News in Brief: West African migrant crossings, Argentina takes UK to maritime tribunal, farming in Gaza, mental health update (opens the publisher's site)
Fewer people from West Africa are reaching Europe by sea, but the journey has not become safer, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday.