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Pence, Xi, Sell Differing World Views

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Chinese President Xi Jinping offered competing economic views as they spoke to regional leaders at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea's capital.

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US Officials: CIA Concludes Saudi Prince Ordered Journalist's Killing

The Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that Saudi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to U.S. officials.

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UN agency ramps up effort to counter growing nuclear threat from cyberspace

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IAEA International Remediation Expert Mission examines Reactor Unit 3 during a visit to TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant.

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New global commitment to primary health care for all at Astana conference

Declaration of Astana charts course to achieve universal health coverage, 40 years since declaration on primary health care in Alma-Ata

United Nations Member States unanimously agreed to the Declaration of Astana to strengthen their primary health care systems as an essential step toward achieving universal health coverage on October 24, 2018. The Declaration of Astana reaffirms the historic 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata, the first time world leaders committed to primary health care.

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African Development Bank, World Food Programme join hands to help South Sudan fight hunger and malnutrition

The Government of the Republic of South Sudan welcomed a contribution of US$ 43.57 million from the African Development Bank for the implementation of the country’s Short-Term Regional Emergency Response Project (STRERP) on October 24, 2018.

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World Food Programme chief pledges to continue support for displaced Syrians

The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, has ended a three-day visit to Lebanon, Syria and Jordan where he saw WFP operations in the three countries and met with displaced Syrian families in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, Eastern Ghouta in Syria and Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.

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UN expert calls for international investigation into ‘evident murder’ of Jamal Khashoggi

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Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye.

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Meet Nepal’s change-makers

Thanks to our innovative project, Nepalese girls who had been victims of trafficking are now transforming their lives and supporting other victims.

For as long as she could remember, Samjhana wanted to finish school and get an education. She completed secondary school and even managed to convince her father to let her go to college in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, far from her village.

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US $ 70 million to UNICEF to support education programmes in Yemen through monthly cash stipends to unpaid teachers across country

UNICEF appreciates the announcement from the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of US $70 million towards monthly cash stipends to teachers across Yemen.

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Ebola in DR Congo: UN chief ‘outraged’ by recent killings of civilians and health workers

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On 12 September 2018 in Beni, Kambale, 7 years old, attends school in the Ndindi neighborhod of Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been hit by an Ebola epidemic. There he learned that washing his hands is a good way to prevent Ebola.