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High prices and funding cuts stall HIV prevention revolution

The conference, taking place in Rio from 27 to 31 July, is defined by a paradox.By the end of this decade, more than three million people could become infected with HIV, yet the t...

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75 years later, the promise to protect refugees faces its greatest test

The initiative, called The Promise, comes at a time when more than 41 million...

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HIV, hepatitis, STI gains at risk as funding falls, WHO warns

A *new analysis found that while countries have made significant advances over...

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Climate alarm ‘blaring from every direction’

“The climate alarm is blaring from every direction,” said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary

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Mount Olympus and D-Day beaches among new World Heritage Sites

The announcement on Tuesday came during the World Heritage Committee’s meeting in Busan, Republic of Korea, being held from 19 to 29 July. The List includes first-time inscription...

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World News in Brief: Rohingya refugees, Bahá’ís in Iran, disarmament in the Central African Rep...

“Statelessness affecting Rohingya refugees and the protracted situation of displacement contributes to serious risks of human trafficking with devastating consequences for victims,” the...

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Venezuela: IOM warns of potential El Niño threat to families displaced by earthquake

The UN agency and partners are incorporating this risk into response planning as humanitarian operations shift from search and rescue to recovery. The powerful twin earthquakes st...

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Haiti: Training the next generation to fight corruption

Corruption and related financial criminality come in many forms in the embattled Caribbean island nation, according to the regular quarterly report of the UN Secretary-General. They incl...

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Haiti: Signs of hope despite gang violence and political uncertainty

Powerful armed gangs control large parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and continue expanding into other parts of the country. Families are fleeing their homes in record numbers, schoo...

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‘I consider it a miracle’: Pregnant woman pulled from post-quake rubble in Venezuela

“I saw the building collapse, floor by floor. You could hear people screaming and calling for help,” said Roberto Rodríguez, 24, who survived two catastrophic earthquakes of magnitudes 7...

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