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Global drug use reaches record high as increasingly potent synthetic drugs spread
“We have seen an unprecedented spike in new types of drugs on the market, and worryingly, some are more potent…
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Strait of Hormuz: UN evacuates 2,500 seafarers before attack freezes rescue operation
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) said that 115 ships carrying roughly 2,500 crew members had left the Gulf during the…
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Guterres urges renewed commitment to multilateralism on UN Charter Day
“The Charter was a promise to the world: That humanity can choose cooperation over chaos; law over lawlessness; dignity over…
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Sudan: Window is closing to prevent wider escalation in El Obeid
Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacekeeping Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo briefed the Security Council on latest developments in the ongoing war between…
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World News in Brief: Violence displaces thousands in Haiti and Lebanon, Gaza updates, UN food agency delivers in Ebola-stricken DR Congo
The fighting in Artibonite last week led more than three quarters of the displaced to seek refuge in the commune…
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UN envoy urges parties to ‘stay the course’ towards peace in eastern DR Congo
James Swan delivered his first briefing to the Security Council nearly a year after the DRC and Rwanda signed a…
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Venezuela quake: ‘People still terrified to re-enter what were their homes’
In all, up to 6.8 million people could be impacted by Wednesday’s emergency, based on the latest available population and…
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Venezuela earthquakes LIVE: Death toll rises amid recovery and rescue efforts
Two deadly earthquakes struck Venezuela less than a minute apart on Wednesday, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, causing at…
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Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief
“Those responsible for violations of the law must be held to account, and the rights of the victims’ families to…
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Trump Issues Order to Reduce Pesticides in Food as Kennedy Allies Fume
President Trump, facing a backlash from supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for allying himself with the chemical…
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