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Urgently address ‘defining challenges of our time’, to empower youth worldwide, top UN official tells forum

President of ECOSOC, Inga Rhonda King (centre), addresses the ECOSOC Youth Forum, 8 April 2019., by...

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Maldives Holds Parliamentary Election

Voters in the Maldives are going to the polls for a parliamentary election.

The Saturday vote is a pivotal one for President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. A coalition rift has stymied Solih’s push to restore democratic freedoms that had been rolled...

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First resettled refugees arrive in Portugal from Turkey

Thirteen refugees from Syria and Iraq, including six children, arrived safely in Lisbon on Wednesday (03/04) after leaving Istanbul, Turkey as part of a Portuguese refugee resettlement programme for 2018-2019, supported by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency...

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US Places New Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil Company

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced new sanctions Friday on 34 vessels of Venezuela's state oil company and two companies that ship crude oil to Cuba.

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