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BRINGING SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ONLINE IN AFRICA

ESA is now working with satellite operator Avanti Communications to bring a swathe of new affordable Internet services to more people across sub-Saharan Africa through the Hylas-4 telecom satellite, due for launch next year.

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2016: Another low year for declining Arctic sea ice

Measurements of the extent of summer Arctic sea ice reveal that 2016 has been the joint second lowest year on record.

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World leaders must invest in better data on children - UNICEF

To demonstrate data gaps UNICEF launches “time machine” installation at the United Nations General Assembly

UNICEF is calling on world leaders to invest in better data on children, warning in a new analysis that sufficient data is available only for half of the child-related Sustainable Development Goals indicators.

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Greenpeace Russia team attacked by armed masked men

A Greenpeace Russia volunteer firefighting team were in medical care after being attacked overnight in their camp in the south of the country by a group of eight armed men, on 9 September.

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DRC: UN mission extracts hundreds from national park on humanitarian grounds

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UN peacekeepers.

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EU announces new €115 million emergency support to improve conditions for refugees in Greece

Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides announces €115 million additional funding under the EU Emergency Support Instrument at the Thessaloniki International Fair

The European Commission has stepped up its funding to improve living conditions for refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in Greece, with €115 million in new funding for humanitarian organisations operating in the country. It brings total funding under the Emergency Support Instrument to €198 million.

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World Bank Group, New Development Bank Lay Groundwork for Cooperation

Close cooperation between the two institutions will support sustainable infrastructure development

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and New Development Bank (NDB) President K.V. Kamath on September 9 signed a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions, to strengthen cooperation in addressing the world’s enormous infrastructure needs.

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Remembering 9/11: FBI Has Evolved in Response to Changing Threats

This weekend, the FBI joins the nation in remembering and honoring the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks, which occurred 15 years ago this month.

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South Sudan: UN mission concerned at reports of intimidation of civil society members

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The visiting UN Security Council delegation tours Protection of Civilian sites 1 and 3 and meets with youth, and a women's group to discuss the current situation and the way forward for the peace process.

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At ASEAN-UN Summit, Ban highlights complementarity between world and regional bodies on sustainable development

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (fifth from left) poses for a group photo with participants of the eighth summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United Nations (ASEAN-UN Summit), in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.