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AstraZeneca’s vaccine gets UN approval for emergency use
TORONTO: The World Health Organisation has granted an emergency authorisation to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the…
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UN welcomes US revocation of Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists
The United States announced on Friday it was revoking the designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist group effective February 16,…
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Over 2 million Yemeni children may starve in 2021: UN
More than two million Yemeni children under the age of five are expected to endure acute malnutrition in 2021, four…
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Divided United Kingdom casts off into the Brexit unknown
LONDON: The United Kingdom began the New Year outside the European Union’s orbit on Friday after ending a tempestuous 48-year…
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Virus impact could kill over 50,000 children in MENA: UN
UN agencies warned Monday that the coronavirus pandemic could lead to the deaths of an additional 51,000 under-fives in the…
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UN nuclear body calls on Iran to explain undeclared uranium
The UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday urged Iran to explain the presence of uranium particles at an undeclared site, as…
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Myanmar faces genocide lawsuit at top UN court
Myanmar faced accusations of genocide in a landmark lawsuit filed by Gambia at the UN’s top court on Monday over…
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School closures triple in Central and Western Africa as education comes under fire
In a new report detailing threats of violence against schools across the region and issues as a ‘Child Alert’, the UN…
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Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh say they don’t want to return home
Few Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have responded to plans for their repatriation to Myanmar, and all who did said…
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Bangladesh to start repatriation of Rohingya next week
Myanmar government spokesman Zaw Htay, speaking in his country’s capital, Naypyitaw, said the parties concerned had agreed that the process…
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