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‘Invest in the future, not the past;’ green business key to winning war on climate change – UN chief

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Secretary-General António Guterres (on screen) addresses the One Planet Summit in Paris.

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ICC Prosecutor asks Security Council to act on outstanding arrest warrants

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Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), during the Security Council on the situation in Sudan and South Sudan.

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WFP Welcomes Support From Kuwait Red Crescent Society For Rohingya Refugees

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$500,000 contribution from the Kuwait Red Crescent Society for urgent food assistance to Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state for safety in Bangladesh.

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EU And UK Support WFP To Save Lives Among Most Vulnerable In Niger

The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) have contributed EUR 10.7 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in order to provide vital food assistance for some 755,000 people in Niger.

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Polls Close in Alabama in Closely Watched US Senate Race

Polls are now closed in Alabama in what would normally be a routine election but has instead attracted global attention.

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Congresswomen Want Investigation into Alleged Trump Sexual Misconduct

More than 50 female members of Congress want House leaders to investigate alleged sexual misconduct by President Donald Trump before he was in the White House.

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Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Diphtheria continues to spread at an alarming rate

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A young girl carries a sick baby to a Army Medical Post in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Makeshift Settlement and Expansion Site.

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UNHCR seeking 1,300 urgent resettlement places for vulnerable refugees in Libya

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Refugees and migrants sleep on the floor at the Tariq al-Sikka detention facility in Tripoli, Libya.

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Governments must take all steps necessary to fully investigate and end impunity for murders of journalists, says OSCE media freedom representative

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Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media , speaking at the opening of the Internet Freedom Conference, 13 October 2017, Vienna.

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Kuwaiti contribution brings essential winter assistance to more than 50,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan

An additional 50,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees in Jordan will receive much needed assistance this winter UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced on December 11.