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    World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper’s death sentence

    The international community must take immediate action to end the wave of sexual violence being carried out against women and…
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    Senior UN aid official urges comprehensive response to Haiti crisis

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    Stories from the UN Archive: UN proclaims world’s first Earth Day

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    UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social media on young girls

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    The war in Gaza continues to cast a dark shadow over the wider Middle East region, in particular Syria where…
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    Polluting rivers, beaches and the ocean: How can Trinidad solve its plastics problem?

    Plastic pollution blocks rivers, chokes oceans and makes its way into the food chain as microplastics. It’s a global environmental…
    Health
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    Gender therapy review reveals devastating impacts on teens

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    Debate at UN highlights the impact of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’

    On 25 April 1974, military officers overthrew the nearly 50-year dictatorship in Portugal in a largely peaceful coup known as…
    Health
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    Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up, WHO urges preventive measures

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      ‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency

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      World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper’s death sentence

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      Senior UN aid official urges comprehensive response to Haiti crisis

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      Stories from the UN Archive: UN proclaims world’s first Earth Day

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      UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social media on young girls

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      Syria crisis intensifies in shadow of Gaza war

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      Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah

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      Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis

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      Polluting rivers, beaches and the ocean: How can Trinidad solve its plastics problem?

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      Gender therapy review reveals devastating impacts on teens

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