The money is running out faster than needs are growing: with 117 million men, women and children now forced from their homes, the...
ByDante Ulanday - News ModeratorOctober 13, 2026Nearly 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace agreement to end a decades-long insurgency, the deal is under strain from growing insecurity...
ByDante Ulanday - News ModeratorOctober 13, 2026The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle...
ByDante Ulanday - News ModeratorOctober 13, 2026The United Nations has rushed to assist Nepal following new flash floods in the central Gorkha district on Sunday that swept away homes...
ByDante Ulanday - News ModeratorOctober 13, 2026The risk of famine is growing in parts of Sudan already torn apart by war, as a severe El Niño drought makes life...
ByDante Ulanday - News ModeratorOctober 13, 2026The Security Council is meeting on Syria as the country’s transition faces pressure on several fronts. Economic hardship is fuelling unrest, Israeli incursions...
ByDante Ulanday - News ModeratorOctober 13, 2026World trade reached a record $35 trillion in 2025 – but developing countries were held back from greater participation in the global economy...
ByDante Ulanday - News ModeratorOctober 11, 2026Six weeks after Nepal’s deadly flooding disaster, communities are still struggling to rebuild their lives, but they will need sustained help as global warming...
ByDante Ulanday - News ModeratorOctober 11, 2026Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay awarded Nobel Peace Prize She was honoured “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”,...
ByDante Ulanday - News ModeratorOctober 10, 2026Child and adolescent obesity has quadrupled since 1990, rising from two per cent to around eight per cent of youngsters in the five-to-19...
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