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‘Turn the tide’ across a turbulent world, UN chief urges key development forum

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Development workers hand over relief aid to a woman amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka,...

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Cities and local government must focus on well-being of people in developing countries

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A people-centred focus on the well-being of those in developing countries, such as Burkina...

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As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms...

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Rising global temperature shows ‘enormous challenge’ of meeting climate goal

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An 11-year-old boy finds relief from the summer heat by playing in a fountain in a historic...

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