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With ‘so much at stake’ in crisis-torn South Sudan, UN and partners launch $1.72 billion appeal

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Women in Ganyiel, Unity state, South Sudan, collecting bags of food. The situation in Ganyiel is dire, with thousands of people having fled to the area from famine-stricken Leer and Mayendit counties.

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Three months after deadly hurricanes hit Caribbean islands, thousands of children still in need of assistance

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TJ Hickson, 5, stands outdoors near a partially destroyed brick building, in South Hill District, on the island of Anguilla – which was hard hit during Hurricane Irma.

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New funding will allow countries to secure sustainable vaccine supplies and reach children more quickly - UNICEF

Initiative to support countries' vaccine supply through bridge financing receives financial boost from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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A child is being vaccinated against polio and given vitamin A supplement in the village of Bako, in the North West of Côte d’Ivoire.

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Kuwait Supports WFP Food Assistance To Syrians In Urgent Need

The Government of Kuwait has announced a US$5 million contribution to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for food assistance to the most vulnerable Syrians affected by the unabating conflict.

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Japan Supports Orphans And Vulnerable Children In Swaziland

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)welcomed a donation of rice valued at US$1.8 million from the Government of Japan to support some 52,000 children in Swaziland on Dec 13 for a period of one year.

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Putin's Annual News Conference Could Address Syria, Russian Elections, Ukraine

A spokesman for the Kremlin told Russian state-owned media Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin had prepared "from dawn till dusk" for his annual news conference scheduled for Thursday.

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13th Human Foot Washes Up on British Columbia Shores

A severed foot washed up on the shores of Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, the 13th in a string of severed feet discovered in the city over the past decade.

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‘Invest in the future, not the past;’ green business key to winning war on climate change – UN chief

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Secretary-General António Guterres (on screen) addresses the One Planet Summit in Paris.

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ICC Prosecutor asks Security Council to act on outstanding arrest warrants

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Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), during the Security Council on the situation in Sudan and South Sudan.

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WFP Welcomes Support From Kuwait Red Crescent Society For Rohingya Refugees

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$500,000 contribution from the Kuwait Red Crescent Society for urgent food assistance to Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state for safety in Bangladesh.