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World
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International
3/7/2023 6:28:09 PM
United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Tuesday demanded action from Beijing to address "grave concerns" over the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang province.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
3/7/2023 5:31:46 PM
Egypt's Minister of Transport Kamel El-Wazir said on Tuesday that Africa urgently needs to build about 18,000 km of railway lines by 2040 to cover the shortage it is facing in rail transport projects, adding that this requires huge investments.
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World
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Region
3/7/2023 12:54:42 PM
Damage from the catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last month has been estimated at over $100 billion for Turkey alone, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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World
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Region
3/6/2023 3:26:25 PM
Buyuknacar was a picturesque village perched high in the mountains of southern Turkey until it was effectively wiped off the map by a catastrophic earthquake that killed tens of thousands a month ago.
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World
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International
3/6/2023 2:31:06 PM
Women have a harder time accessing work globally than previously thought, while the gender gap in working conditions and pay has barely budged in two decades, the United Nations said Monday.
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Sports
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World
3/5/2023 10:46:40 PM
Erik ten Hag accused his Manchester United players of an "unprofessional" and "unacceptable" performance as they crashed to a humiliating 7-0 defeat at bitter rivals Liverpool on Sunday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/5/2023 10:17:28 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Kyiv's forces were in a "painful and difficult" battle in the eastern Donbas region, which includes the war-torn city of Bakhmut.
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World
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International
3/5/2023 10:57:33 AM
For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas — nearly half the planet’s surface — concluding two weeks of talks in New York.
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World
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Region
3/4/2023 11:50:13 AM
The UN nuclear watchdog chief said Saturday he had "constructive" meetings with Iranian officials in Tehran after the discovery of uranium particles enriched to near weapons-grade level.
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World
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Region
3/4/2023 9:00:00 AM
The UN human rights chief on Friday denounced the "unfathomable" call by an Israeli minister for a flashpoint Palestinian town to be "wiped out", urging an end to the violence.
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World
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Region
3/3/2023 6:14:39 PM
Iran dismissed as "false" Friday a claim by the British and US navies that Iranian weapons had been seized from a smuggling boat apparently headed to Yemen.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/3/2023 1:51:04 PM
The head of Russian mercenary group Wagner said Friday the group had "practically encircled" Bakhmut, an industrial city in eastern Ukraine that has seen the fiercest fighting of Moscow's invasion.
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World
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Region
3/3/2023 1:47:14 PM
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Tehran Friday for discussions with officials after his agency's inspectors in Iran found uranium particles enriched to just under weapons-grade level.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/3/2023 1:15:49 PM
The Kremlin said Friday it would take steps to prevent cross-border incursions after Moscow blamed "Ukrainian nationalists" for killing two civilians in southern Russia the day earlier.
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World
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Region
3/2/2023 6:17:02 PM
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Thursday that its director-general will travel to Tehran for high-level meetings at the invitation of Iran’s government.
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World
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Region
3/1/2023 10:56:48 AM
The Security Council has an obligation to find ways to "provide protection" for Palestinian civilians, the population's ambassador to the United Nations pleaded Tuesday after Israeli settlers attacked a town in the occupied West Bank.
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World
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Region
2/28/2023 9:27:40 PM
Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog found uranium particles enriched up to 83.7% in Iran's underground Fordo nuclear site, a report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press said.
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World
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International
2/28/2023 2:36:07 PM
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Tuesday meet pro-UK unionists in Northern Ireland to sell his breakthrough deal with the European Union that overhauls post-Brexit trading rules in the province.
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World
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Region
2/27/2023 11:04:38 PM
The United Nations’ top diplomat in Libya said Monday that he is launching a new attempt to calm the deeply unsettled nation by pushing for rival factions’ to agree on holding presidential and legislative elections this year, but any optimism was dampened by a lack of details and continued disputes.
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World
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Region
2/27/2023 8:50:08 PM
Global donors on Monday pledged about $1.2 billion at a conference aimed at generating funds to help millions of people in Yemen suffering from the fallout of an eight-year civil war, a U.N. official said. The amount is far below a target of $4.3 billion set by the United Nations to stave off one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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