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The world is consuming too much salt, and the outcome could be dire, the World Health Organization said. A new report from WHO found that the world is not on track to reduce its sodium intake.  […]

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A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected the application for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to set minimum airplane seat size and spacing standards, disappointing airline passengers who had been experiencing discomfort in small seats, […]

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Colleges are reevaluating their admissions process as they try to figure out how to attract a diverse student body in a world without affirmative action, Axios reported. The Supreme Court is widely expected to rule […]

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The United Nations Security Council denounced Israel’s plan to expand settlements on occupied Palestinian territory.  It marks the first action the United States has allowed the body to take against its ally Israel in six […]

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There are fears that the FBI is again abusing its powers to harass and intimidate minority groups, The Guardian reported. The FBI’s use of an informant to infiltrate Black Lives Matter in Denver during the […]

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Half of the women from marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. and four other countries said they have experienced racism or discrimination at their current workplace.  Three years after many global CEOs pledged […]

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A new nonprofit aligned with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is making abortion its first play in Virginia ahead of key elections this year. Democrats’ political committee focused on state legislatures is launching a new […]

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The UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, which struggles to overcome chronic budget shortfalls, appealed Tuesday for $1.6 billion for its work in 2023 with $848 million needed for core services and another $781.6 million […]

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Members of the UN Security Council urged the Taliban on Friday to immediately reverse all oppressive measures against women and girls, reiterating its previous calls for full, safe, and unhindered access for humanitarian actors regardless […]

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the GCC and the Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) signed on Monday the second phase of an agreement to implement activities aimed at strengthening the Kingdom’s […]

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After the Taliban administration ordered during the weekend all local and international NGOs to stop their female employees from coming to work, at least five top non-governmental organizations suspended their work in Afghanistan. While Islamic […]

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Deeply disturbed at the widespread, systematic, and grave levels of violence faced by Libyan women and children, including girls, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women has called on Libyan authorities to take urgent […]

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The Saudi Arabian initiative KSRelief has joined the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs this week in order to take part in an event on global humanitarian action taking place in 2023.  […]

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According to an announcement the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) issued on Tuesday, the agency workers have recently discovered a tunnel under a United Nations school […]

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As Turkey’s military prepares for a possible ground invasion of northern Syria, where the current escalation after three years of relative calm promises to further destabilize the situation within and beyond the country, Ankara, the […]

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) opened on Sunday a health center that will serve around 300,000 refugees in the Zarqa camp in Jordan. Being the […]

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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi urged stopping the madness on Sunday after shelling on Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (ZNPP) warning Kyiv and Moscow, which traded blame for the […]

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In a bid to boost global efforts to prevent future pandemics, Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday its pledge of support amounting to $50 million for the Pandemic Fund or the Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF), the […]

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If climate change continues at its current rate, global food production could plummet by at least 30 percent by 2050. A top U.N. official made the stark warning as world leaders met for the second week […]

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Climate change has made young people across the world reconsider their future parenthood plans, a global poll by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed, underlining their uncertainty about the planet’s future. UNICEF’s U-Report – […]

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The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected Russia’s call for an international investigation into claims that Washington used laboratories in Ukraine to develop biological weapons. The US, Britain, and France voted against Russia’s […]

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