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UN chief calls for action to put out ‘5-alarm global fire’

At a time when “the only certainty is more uncertainty”, countries must unite to forge a new, more hopeful and equal path, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Friday, laying out his priorities for 2022.

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Young people must have ‘a seat at the table’ in peace efforts: Guterres

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In Glasgow, Scotland, people take part in a demonstration for climate action, led by youth...

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80 per cent of Tonga population impacted by eruption and tsunami

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Damage caused in Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa, by the volcano eruption and subsequent tsunami...

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Experts decry measures to ‘steadily erase’ Afghan women and girls from public life

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Women at the UNICEF-supported Mirza Mohammad Khan clinic in Afghanistan.

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