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    Disaster Management

    Mahathir Calls for UN Peacekeeping Troops in Gaza as UN Decides to Reduce Footprint

    Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Calls for UN Peacekeeping Troops in Gaza Amid Escalating Crisis
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    Disaster Management

    Genocide 2.0 — Trump’s Plan for Cleansing Gaza

    The UN adopted the Genocide Convention 1948 and it went into effect in 1951. Among the punishable offenses are “acts committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”
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    Climate change

    Amid Continuing Turmoil, Guterres Highlights ‘Hope Through Action’ for 2025

    He described the UN as “a force of construction” that is always strengthening how it works and delivers, proving the maxim that global problems need global solutions.
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    Disaster Management

    First Person: Gaza, Where Starving People are Trapped in a Land Reduced to Rubble

    Hunger is skyrocketing. More than 90 per cent of the population faces "crisis" or worse levels of food insecurity, according to the latest expert findings. More than 300,000 people are likely experiencing catastrophic hunger – the highest level of food insecurity.
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    Accreditation

    UN Completes Investigation on UNRWA Staff; Sacks Nine

    The United Nations said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been...
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    Agriculture

    High Risk of Famine Across Gaza: FAO Sounds Alarm

    The new data reveals that while the increased amount of food deliveries and nutrition services provided to the northern governorates have temporarily alleviated hunger conditions, the...
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    Global Governance

    Worse Than Genocide: Killing Truth

    Today the decency and moral outrage of millions of US youth is being slandered by ranting propagandists like MS-NBC’s Joe Scarborough, and of course...
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    Global Governance

    First Person: Seeing the Reality of Life in Occupied Palestine

    Visiting the West Bank with an international trade union delegation was inspiring and motivating to campaign and fight for justice for Palestinians. Everyone told...
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    UN Trade Body Urges US to Exempt Vulnerable Economies from Tariff Hikes amid Rising Trade Tensions

    Despite their marginal impact, many of these countries could face tariff rates as high as 50 per cent, such as Lesotho, while Cameroon could face 11 per cent.
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    Climate change

    Countries Finalise Historic Pandemic Agreement After Three Years of Negotiations

    The text affirms national sovereignty in public health decisions. It states explicitly that nothing in the agreement gives WHO the authority to mandate health measures such as lockdowns, vaccination campaigns, or border closures.
    Animals and wildlife

    While India’s RAMSAR Sites Tally Rises, Wetlands Remain Endangered

    Conservationists, activists, and newspaper editorials in India have long been expressing concerns about the “decline” and “neglect” of wetland ecosystems across India.

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    Finance and Economy

    UN Trade Body Urges US to Exempt Vulnerable Economies from Tariff Hikes amid Rising Trade Tensions

    Despite their marginal impact, many of these countries could face tariff rates as high as 50 per cent, such as Lesotho, while Cameroon could face 11 per cent.
    Climate change

    Countries Finalise Historic Pandemic Agreement After Three Years of Negotiations

    The text affirms national sovereignty in public health decisions. It states explicitly that nothing in the agreement gives WHO the authority to mandate health measures such as lockdowns, vaccination campaigns, or border closures.
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh, Pakistan Resume High-Level Talks After 15 Years Amid Signs of Thaw in Ties

    As both sides prepare for Deputy Prime Minister Dar’s visit later this month, expectations are rising for further breakthroughs – not only in diplomatic symbolism but in real policy shifts that could redefine South Asia’s often turbulent regional dynamics.
    Finance and Economy

    UN Trade Body Urges US to Exempt Vulnerable Economies from Tariff Hikes amid Rising Trade Tensions

    Despite their marginal impact, many of these countries could face tariff rates as high as 50 per cent, such as Lesotho, while Cameroon could face 11 per cent.
    Finance and Economy

    Is it Time to Say RIP to the SDGs?

    When he was elected for a second term, President Donald Trump promised extraordinary, history-making change. Whether you support his world view or not, no one can deny he has been true to his word. The previous multilateral consensus is shattered.

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