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    Gaza’s Science and Tech Experts Targeted in Assaults

    IT experts, computer engineers, scientists targeted in ongoing attacks in Gaza. The rebuilding of the infrastructure ‘could take more than 20 years’. Amr Rageh Palestinian academics...
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    Sri Lanka: Unlawful Use of Weapons in Policing of Protests, Says Amnesty

    During 2022 and 2023, Sri Lankans called for accountability for the prolonged economic crisis, corruption and human rights violations, in large-scale protests and an...
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    Freedom of speech and expression

    UN Staff Warned Against Public Comments on the Devastating Conflict in Gaza

    As international civil servants, UN staffers are not expected to participate in political protests and demonstrations or express political views in public or against...
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    Human rights

    Gaza: Israeli Strike on Aid Team Condemned; Humanitarians Renew Access Call

    UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory repeated appeals to "all parties to the conflict, including the Government of Israel", to respect international...
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    Biden Quietly OKs More 2,000-Pound Bombs and Warplanes for Israel

    The Biden administration’s arms shipments to Israel continue despite urgent pleas from United Nations officials, international human rights groups, and some progressive U.S. lawmakers to stop arming Israel’s...
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    Human rights

    US Delivers Both Life – and Death – to a Devastated Gaza

    The most blatant examples are countries that rushed to Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s invasion but backed Israel’s assaults on civilians in Gaza, and vice...
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    Netanyahu Is Rendering Israel Morally Bankrupt

    Under no circumstances and regardless of what the Jews have experienced, however, can the Israeli military justify any acts of revenge against innocent Palestinian...
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    Food Security

    War on Women? 9,000 Women Killed in Gaza Since Early October

    An estimated 9,000 women have been reportedly killed by Israeli forces in Gaza to date. This figure is likely an underestimate, as many more...
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    Sri Lanka’s High Grown Tea Hits 34-Year Low in August Amid Persistent Cloud Cover and Heavy Rain

    With high grown output at its lowest monthly level in more than three decades, the industry faces renewed pressure to strengthen resilience while protecting the quality reputation that underpins Ceylon Tea’s global standing.
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    Fiji Declares National HIV Emergency Amid Explosive Surge in Infections

    For a small island nation whose health system is already under strain, the fight against HIV has become one of the most pressing public health challenges of the decade.
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    Sri Lanka’s High Grown Tea Hits 34-Year Low in August Amid Persistent Cloud Cover and Heavy Rain

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    Fiji Declares National HIV Emergency Amid Explosive Surge in Infections

    For a small island nation whose health system is already under strain, the fight against HIV has become one of the most pressing public health challenges of the decade.
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