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Trump: We'll Know Fate of N. Korea Summit by Next Week
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. would know by next week whether he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore as scheduled.
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Tackling corruption ‘from the top down’ essential, declares UN chief, marking key global treaty
A sign outside a hospital in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, urges patients not to bribe doctors or other staff for any services. The UNICEF-supported hospital offers its services for free.
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UN chief urges governments to shield more civilians from violence in conflict
A family displaced by fighting in the village of Shora, 25 kilometres south of Mosul, Iraq, walk towards an army checkpoint on the outskirts of Qayyarah.
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Veteran Spy Haspel Sworn In as New CIA Chief
Gina Haspel, a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, was sworn in Monday as the spy agency's first female director.
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Burundi Commission: Voters Backed Constitutional Changes
Voters in Burundi have approved changes to the constitution that could allow the president to stay in office until 2034.
The country's electoral commission said Monday that 73 percent of voters backed the changes in last Thursday's constitutional referendum.
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WFP welcomes Kuwait Red Crescent Society contribution for operations in Bangladesh
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$1 million contribution from the Kuwait Red Crescent Society that will be used to provide food assistance to Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh.
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Farmers in Karnali region to benefit from climate change adaptation project
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of Forests and Environment signed an agreement that will help vulnerable communities in the Karnali region of Nepal to protect their crops and livelihoods from climate variability and extremes on May 21, 2018.
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Venezuelan President Wins Second Six-Year Term
Venezuela's election board says incumbent President Nicolas Maduro has been re-elected for a second six-year term.
Sunday's election was boycotted by the opposition as the “coronation” of a dictator and condemned by much of the international community.
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Combating destruction of cultural heritage and trafficking in cultural property in Central Asian Region focus of OSCE-supported workshop in Tashkent
Discussions on protection of cultural and archeological sites at Amir Temur mausoleum, Samarkand, 16 may 2018.
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OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine concerned over the grave security situation in the wider area around the Donetsk Filtration Station
The deteriorating security situation in the wider area around the Donetsk Filtration Station poses a threat to the facility, its workers and monitoring officers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), said the SMM’s Chief Monitor Ertugrul Apakan on May 18.
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Human Rights
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Declaration of World Day of the Power of Hope Endorsed by People in 158 Nations
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020