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Gunfire damages tents at Rafah displacement site in Gaza, as aid teams prepare for winter storms

Gunfire hit and damaged multiple tents at a displacement site in Gaza’s northern Rafah region on Tuesday, reportedly causing injuries and forcing a...

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Afghan children face narrowing path to education, UN agencies report

More than half of Afghanistan’s children who should be in primary school remain outside formal learning and millions of girls can only dream...

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‘The world is not ready’: Climate adaptation cash falls far short as warming heads past 1.5°C

Although global warming is set to exceed 1.5°C, financing to help communities adapt to climate change falls far short of needs, the UN...

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15 years of ‘almost no progress’ in getting young people moving: WHO

One in four adolescents worldwide reported not getting at least 60 minutes of physical activity on any day in the previous week, according...

Syria’s undocumented children ‘pay the price’ of war and a law that shuts out mothers thumbnail
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Syria’s undocumented children ‘pay the price’ of war and a law that shuts out mothers

Many children born in Syria since the war began in 2011 have no legal identity because nationality passes only through fathers – many...

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Fuel price shock: Why developing economies are paying the most at the pump

When war shut the Strait of Hormuz in February, oil prices soared everywhere. But the pain at the pump has been far from...

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Air raid alerts and attacks on schools: the devastating face of education in Ukraine

Ukraine has sustained almost 2,000 attacks on education since the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, with some 270 this year alone, the UN...

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Gender equality pays off for business – so why are companies pulling back?

Gender equality and diversity are good for business – but while increasing numbers of women are reaching top spots in the corporate world,...

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Haiti gang leader seeks UN talks as El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to hunt for missing soldiers

A Haitian gang leader wanted by the United States has asked the UN to mediate, as El Salvador sends more than 2,000 troops...

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Married off at 14: In Yemen’s war, women and girls suffer ‘devastating consequences’

Safa is 14. Her mother died earlier this year. She has no brothers or sisters. And a few weeks ago, as the crisis...