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Federal Judge Says He Cannot Ignore Trump's 'Vicious' Anti-immigrant Comments

A federal judge hearing a challenge to President Donald Trump's order to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation says he cannot ignore Trump's "drumbeat" of "vicious" anti-immigrant comments.

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Hawaii Fires Emergency Official Responsible for False Missile Alert

The Hawaii state employee responsible for launching an erroneous January 13 warning of an incoming missile attack has been fired, following a report stating that the employee had a history of confusing practice exercises with real-life events.

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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie: no negotiated peace without human rights and dignity for the Syrian people

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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie interacts with Syrian refugee children at a news conference at Za’atari camp in Jordan.

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US Senate Blocks 20-Week Abortion Bill

U.S. Democratic senators have blocked a bill that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks, ensuring that the procedure stays legal through the later terms of a woman’s pregnancy.

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TPS Decision for Syrians in US Imminent

Syrians living under Temporary Protected Status in the United States will know by Tuesday whether the Trump administration is extending those protections or canceling them, as it has done with three other countries in recent months.

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UN's Global Emergency Response Fund provides US$10 million to help most vulnerable in Ethiopia

Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock released US$10 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to urgently help the most vulnerable people displaced in Ethiopia due to the conflict along the borders of the Oromia and Somali regions, on January 28th.

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Youth leaders ready to ‘roll up their sleeves’ and get to work at annual UN forum

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A group of young people at the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations.

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New UN funding to help sustain critical aid programmes for hundreds of thousands in Ethiopia

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A severe drought in Ethiopia's Oromia region has left almost every family with hardly anything to feed themselves.

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The U.S. Government And the World Food Programme Partner To Defeat Malnutrition In Tajikistan

Staff from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) joined United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Country Director Mariko Kawabata in a visit to Balkhi district in Khatlon to review the progress of the recently launched project for the prevention and treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in Tajikistan. The group visited a project-supported rural health center and spoke with healthcare professionals and patients receiving support.

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Hunger In Conflict Zones Continues to Intensify

FAO and WFP update UN Security Council on food insecurity hot spots, need for continued humanitarian support

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Women and children in line to receive WFP nutrition assistance in Mboro, South Sudan.