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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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    The Silent Cradle: Housing and Financial Squeeze Chokes Maldivian Birth Rates

    The research, meticulously titled "Social and Economic Factors in Fertility in Maldives," delved deep into the experiences and perspectives of 479 women aged between 18 and 45, alongside valuable input from men and healthcare professionals through focused group discussions.
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    Agri-business

    India Launches Nationwide ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’ to Empower Farmers and Advance Agriculture

    The ministry of agriculture and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will jointly implement the campaign with a broad coalition of stakeholders, including agricultural universities, state government departments, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), and leading progressive farmers.
    Global Governance

    UN Expert Probes Alleged Forcible Abandonment of Rohingya Refugees at Sea by Indian Navy

    Andrews reiterated the urgent need to end any forced repatriation of Rohingya refugees, who continue to face the threat of violence, persecution, and other severe human rights violations in their homeland.

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    The Silent Cradle: Housing and Financial Squeeze Chokes Maldivian Birth Rates

    The research, meticulously titled "Social and Economic Factors in Fertility in Maldives," delved deep into the experiences and perspectives of 479 women aged between 18 and 45, alongside valuable input from men and healthcare professionals through focused group discussions.
    Agri-business

    India Launches Nationwide ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’ to Empower Farmers and Advance Agriculture

    The ministry of agriculture and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will jointly implement the campaign with a broad coalition of stakeholders, including agricultural universities, state government departments, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), and leading progressive farmers.
    Child Rights

    High Costs Keep Sri Lanka’s Poor Children Out of Pre-Primary Education, Warns Human Rights Watch

    An overwhelming number of Sri Lankan households subsist on less than Rs. 1000 a day, or roughly Rs. 30,000 a month. These families are compelled to make impossible choices – often between food and education – leading many to defer or forgo early education for their children.
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    The Silent Cradle: Housing and Financial Squeeze Chokes Maldivian Birth Rates

    The research, meticulously titled "Social and Economic Factors in Fertility in Maldives," delved deep into the experiences and perspectives of 479 women aged between 18 and 45, alongside valuable input from men and healthcare professionals through focused group discussions.
    Human rights

    Nepal Moves to Transform Prisons into Industrial Villages Amid Calls for Reform

    In a significant push to reform Nepal’s prison system, Minister for Home Affairs Ramesh Lekhak has vowed to transform correctional facilities across the country into "industrial villages" aimed at rehabilitation, productivity, and human rights.

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