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The European Union proposes additional €40 million for Palestine Refugees to keep schools and health clinics open

On September 27, the European Commission proposed additional support for UNRWA to allow the agency to keep providing access to education for 500,000 Palestine refugee children, primary health care for more than 3.5 million patients and assistance to...

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Deputy UN chief hails ‘political courage’ of Latin American countries ‘to confront and end femicide’

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In Mexico City, an artistic installation consisting of a number of signs of Venus,...

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Russia Derides New Claims in Skripal Poisoning

Moscow has responded derisively to a report by a Britiain-based investigative group claiming one of the two men suspected of poisoning ex-spy Sergei Skripal is a highly decorated colonel in Russian military intelligence.

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UN Rights Council Sets Up Team to Document Myanmar Crimes

The U.N. Human Rights Council agreed Thursday to set up a team that will document alleged crimes committed by the Myanmar government against the country’s Rohingya minority.

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