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World Smile Day - How many times did you smile today?

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Midwives scramble to ensure safe deliveries amid violence in Sudan

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For the estimated 219,000 who are currently pregnant in Khartoum alone, access to midwives is the single most important factor in stopping preventable maternal and newborn deaths.

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Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage

Slowing momentum toward eliminating child marriage most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, which is now over 200 years from ending child marriage; 1 in 4 young women still married before 18th birthday in South Asia despite progress

Despite a steady decline in child marriage in the last decade, multiple crises including conflict, climate shocks, and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19 are threatening to reverse hard-earned gains, according to a new analysis issued by UNICEF on May 2.

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Palestinian Militant Dies in Israeli Custody after Long Hunger Strike

A Palestinian militant detained in an Israel prison has died after a three-month hunger strike.

Israel’s prison service says 45-year-old Khader Adnan was found unconscious in his cell Tuesday morning at Ramla prison in central Israel and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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UN Says Over 330,000 People Internally Displaced in Sudan

The United Nations migration agency says at least 334,000 people have been internally displaced in Sudan since deadly fighting broke out last month between two military factions.

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US Film and Television Writers Begin Strike

The union that represents U.S. film and television writers sent their members on strike Tuesday after failing to reach an agreement with studios and production companies over a new labor contract.

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Fighting in Sudan rapidly worsening an already dire humanitarian situation for children, warn UNICEF, Save the Children and World Vision

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On 19 April 2023, people flee their neighbourhoods amid fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Khartoum, Sudan.

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Stop deporting Haitians: Rights experts’ appeal to countries in Americas

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A woman arrives at an IOM-supported reception centre in Haiti after being deported from Texas , USA, in 2021.

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Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN

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Young girls attend class at a UNICEF-supported school in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

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Chernobyl: Survivors reflect on nuclear accident, Russian occupation

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Evgeny Yashin, a physicochemist by profession, came to work at Chernobyl NPP in 1977.