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Migrant deaths climb sharply in 2026, new UN data shows

The agency’s newest route-based data shows a startling spike in fatalities among people seeking a better life, from the

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UN continues scaling up response to earthquake in Colombia

According to latest official figures, the 7.4 magnitude quake has left more than 200 dead and injured over 2,500, said UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, briefing journalists in New York...

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Sudan: Attacks and further displacement in Blue Nile and North Kordofan

The renewed call on Wednesday comes in the wake of violence in two states – Blue Nile and North Kordofan - as rival militaries remain locked in their brutal struggle for power. Th...

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WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccines

On Monday, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order that calls for reducing the number of routine childhood immunizations from 18 to 11. The administration’s...

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Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa

Seasonal rains, flooding, population displacement and cross-border transmission are accelerating the spread of the sometimes-deadly waterborne disease, which is both preventable and trea...

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Five years after Taliban takeover, Afghan women ‘erased from public life’

In the past year alone, this exclusion of women and girls from education, employment, public life, justice systems and healthcare has only intensified, entrenching what remains the “worl...

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US oil reserves hitting 43-year low amid Iranian war: how much longer can Washington take?

Uriel Araujo, Anthropology PhD, is a social scientist specializing in ethnic and religious conflicts, with extensive research on geopolitical dynamics and cultural interactions.Th...

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Beyond Non-Alignment: Ethiopia, BRICS, and the Politics of Distributed Dependency

By Rahma Jibril Ethiopia’s accession to BRICS on 1 January 2024 was widely interpreted as a diplomatic pivot toward a more multipolar international order. Yet this reading risks m...

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Forget the Dollar: Brazil, China, Russia, and India Accelerate Testing of the BRICS System to C...

By Alisson Ficher The BRICS countries have advanced in bilateral tests of new payment platforms while expanding discussions to reduce dependency on the dollar in international tra...

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From the Arctic to ASEAN, Russia Is Recasting Its Role in Asia – Analysis

By Collins Chong Yew Keat Moscow is aware that Southeast Asia is not keen to be trapped in the binary Washington-Beijing rivalry and sees an opening to extend its sphere of releva...

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