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UN agency for Palestine refugees on verge of financial collapse
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (APP): The United Nations on Friday appealed for sustainable funding for its agency that supports Palestinian...
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Taiwan tribe despairs as drought shrinks bamboo crop
Chiayi County, Taiwan, June 2: Hacking at a bamboo plant with a machete, Avayi Vayayana peels back the shoot's stiff...
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UN climate agency picks Argentina’s Saulo as first woman leader
The World Meteorological Organization voted Thursday for Argentina's Celeste Saulo to become its first woman leader and steer the WMO's...
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Prophets of Doom: Kissinger and the ‘Intellectual’ Decline of the West
It is unclear why 100-year-old Henry Kissinger has been elevated by Western intelligentsia to serve the role of the visionary...
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UN peacekeepers ‘beacon of hope and protection’: Guterres
UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (APP): The UN’s 87,000-plus peacekeepers worldwide are “a beacon of hope and protection” for civilians, in...
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Spanish PM faces key test in regional elections
Madrid, May 25: Spain votes Sunday in local and regional polls which will test Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's chances...
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UN chief calls for upholding promise to protect civilians caught in conflict
UNITED NATIONS, May 24 (APP): The world is failing to live up to its commitment to protect civilians during wartime,...
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DiCaprio and Scorsese score raves at star-packed Cannes
Cannes, France, May 21: Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese were set for a victory lap at Cannes on Sunday after...
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Ukraine says president denied fall of Bakhmut
Hiroshima, Japan, May 21: Volodymyr Zelensky's spokesman on Sunday denied the Ukrainian president had confirmed the fall of Bakhmut to...
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El Salvador soccer stadium stampede kills 12: police
San Salvador, May 21: Twelve people were killed and hundreds injured Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador soccer...
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