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Better Infrastructure, Jobs, Services in Cities Urgently Needed in East Asia Pacific: World Bank Report

Cities across East Asia and the Pacific – the world’s most rapidly urbanizing region – are not delivering infrastructure, jobs, and services at a pace as rapid as urban development, leading to widening inequalities that may hamper economic growth and...

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Who Was the Las Vegas Shooter ?

Las Vegas police have identified Stephen Paddock, 64, from Mesquite, Nevada, as the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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Nigerian Educator honoured at 2017 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award ceremony

The UN Refugee Agency, on October 2, UNHCR today honoured Zannah Mustapha with the 2017 Nansen Refugee Award at a ceremony in Geneva for founding a school in Maiduguri, Nigeria, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency.

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WFP Cuts Food Rations For Refugees In Kenya Amidst Funding Shortfalls

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will cut food rations by 30 percent for the 420,000 refugees in living in Dadaab and Kakuma camps in northern Kenya due to insufficient funding.

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