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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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UN agencies welcome latest relocations of unaccompanied children from Greece, call for further action and solidarity

IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund welcomed the latest relocations of 49 unaccompanied asylum-seeking and migrant children from Greece to Portugal and Finland on July 08...

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Protecting migrant workers in Kuwait: a Resident Coordinator’s blog

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A man prepares tea in a coffee shop in Kuwait.

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