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European Union helps WFP provide life-saving assistance to vulnerable Yemenis

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a EUR 45 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to provide vital food assistance to families in Yemen facing acute food shortages as conflict, economic collapse and now the coronavirus...

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China Launches Data Security Initiative

China’s foreign minister announced Tuesday the start of a global data security initiative, outlining principles that should be followed in areas ranging from personal information to espionage.

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In Video Testimony, Ex-Myanmar Soldiers Confess to Atrocities Against Rohingya Muslims

Two news outlets say two Myanmar soldiers have recounted gruesome details of the 2017 military campaign against Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine state that the United Nations has categorized as genocide.

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Kenya Secures the First Horn of Africa Initiative Project to Boost Regional Integration and National Development

The World Bank Board of Directors approved $750 million in International Development Association (IDA)* financing to improve the movement of people and goods, digital connectivity and access to social services for over 3.2 million people living in the...

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