Will the world get to grips with AI in 2024? |
The enormous potential of GPT4 caught the popular imagination in 2023, with its ability to generate texts in a range of styles, in response...
News in Brief 29 January 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, humanitarians warnOngoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip...
‘Insidious campaign’ by Israel is denying life-saving aid to Gaza says UNRWA chief
The Commissioner-General of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) briefed the Security Council in New York on Wednesday as the humanitarian crisis...
Netanyahu Says Israel Will Make Own Decisions on Self-Defense After Meeting With Allies to...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday that Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself after...
Red Sea emergency hits consumers worldwide: UNCTAD |
The transcript has been edited for clarity and brevity.Jan Hoffman: The Red Sea emergency is bad news for those who are directly affected. Of...
Transform landmark Indigenous rights declaration into reality: UN General Assembly President
“In these trying times – where peace is under severe threat, and dialogue and diplomacy are in dire need – let us be an...
US Lawmakers Interrogate Columbia University President Over Response to Surging Campus Antisemitism
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Columbia University president Minouche Shafik testified for over three hours before the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce on...
News in Brief 17 April 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.$2.8 billion appeal launches for three million people in Gaza, West BankUN and partner agencies...
UPDATING LIVE: ‘Insidious campaign’ by Israel is denying live-saving aid to Gaza says UNRWA...
4:26 PMUNRWA must reform to ensure neutrality: FranceRepresentative of France Nathalie Broadhurst said her country would pay its annual contribution for 2024, to allow...
UN Security Council to Vote Friday on Palestinian UN Membership
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The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a Palestinian request for full UN membership, said diplomats, a...
Gaza: ‘Mammoth task’ to scale up aid warns veteran humanitarian |
With only ‘one door’ open on Gaza’s southern border at Rafah, for aid to reach more than two million Gazans who need lifesaving aid,...
‘Investing in youth is investing in peace’, UN Security Council hears
“The potential and opportunity for renewal that young people represent means…that they must be part of the broader discussions shaping our societies,” UN Under-Secretary-General...
CAIR Accuses ADL of Spreading Hate, Despite Controversial Oct. 7 Comments
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has accused the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of fanning the flames of hate and called for...
Trustco secures $100 million for Namibia investments
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News in Brief 30 January 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Hungry Gazans empty UN aid agency trucks As the UN chief prepares to meet late on...
Hamas Leader Haniyeh Set to Meet Turkish President Erdogan
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i24 News — Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas, is scheduled to visit Turkey for...
IOM official in Sudan fears war could reach UN bases |
Nine months ago, UN teams in Sudan were forced to evacuate from their headquarters in Khartoum, as heavy fighting between government and rebel forces...
Nigeria destroys tonnes of illegal drugs
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Islamic State commanders killed in Nigeria operation
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News in Brief 31 January 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.‘We cannot abandon the people of Gaza’: chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in...
Democracy further wearing away in Zambia
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Understanding ‘who’s vulnerable’, key to protect women in conflict |
Millions of women and girls saw no progress in their reproductive rights simply because of who they are or where they were born, according...
Violations of women’s reproductive health rights trigger rise in preventable deaths
Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: Ending inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights, reveals that more than half of all preventable maternal deaths...
News in Brief 1 February 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.In Gaza lifesaving aid operations are “in peril” amid ongoing Israeli bombardment because of the...
