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Death toll tops 21,000 from Turkey-Syria quake as hopes fade

Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing (Syria) (AFP) - The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded.

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Death toll tops 20,000 from Turkey-Syria quake as hopes fade

Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing (Syria) (AFP) - The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 20,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded.

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UN chief urges more Syria border aid points after quake

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged the Security Council to authorize the opening of new cross-border humanitarian aid points between Turkey and Syria to deliver UN aid to earthquake victims.

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UN chief pushes for more aid access to Syria from Turkey

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday pushed for more aid access to northwestern Syria from Turkey, seeking an expanded mandate from the UN Security Council to allow UN help to be delivered through more than one border crossing after a devastating earthquake struck the region earlier this week.

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UN chief says world ‘walking into wider war’ in Ukraine

Russian forces have been advancing for the first time in six months in relentless battles in eastern Ukraine

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Live Updates | Turkey, Syria earthquake kills thousands

The medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders says a staff member has been found dead under the rubble of his house in Syria’s Idlib province following the powerful earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey

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UN chief warns of ‘wider war’ as Ukraine conflict intensifies

Antonio Guterres says prospects of ‘further escalation and bloodshed’ in the Russia-Ukraine war keep growing.

Al Jazeera

For 2023, U.N. chief amplifies warnings on Ukraine, climate

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday told fossil fuel producers they "should not be in business" unless they are credibly aiming for net-zero emissions and warned that the world is walking into a "wider war" over Ukraine.

Reuters

UN chief fears world headed for 'wider war' over Ukraine-Russia

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN chief Antonio Guterres warned nations Monday that he fears the likelihood of further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict means the world is heading towards a "wider war."

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UN chief backs democracy for Myanmar 2 years after coup

Two years after Myanmar’s military seized power, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is voicing support for the democratic aspirations of Myanmar’s people

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin’s brutal military assault on sovereign neighbour continues in face of heavy losses and near-unanimous international condemnation

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World reacts to rising violence in Israel-Palestine conflict

Senior officials call for end to violence after several deadly incidents in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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Mali defends Russian ties and opposes options for UN force

Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop has defended the military government’s cooperation with Russia

Miami Herald

Haitian authorities plead for calm. Promise better protection for cops after gang attacks

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian authorities vowed Friday to continue the fight against criminal armed gangs who this week plunged the volatile Caribbean nation into a new crisis after their “targeted” armed attacks left 14 cops dead in less than two weeks.

The Independent UK

UN: Parts of internet becoming `toxic waste dumps' for hate

The U_N_ chief has warned on the day to remember victims of the Holocaust that “many parts of the internet are becoming toxic waste dumps for hate and vicious lies.”

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UN chief says social media, advertisers 'complicit' in fueling hate

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday accused social media platforms and those who advertise on them of being "complicit" in accelerating extremism like antisemitism, racism, anti-Muslim bigotry, xenophobia, homophobia and misogyny.

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The Independent UK

UN chief: Exhibit of Nazi victims is call to fight cruelty

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Nazis tried to rob millions of Jews of their names before killing them during World War II

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin’s brutal military assault on sovereign neighbour continues in face of heavy losses and near-unanimous international condemnation

AFP

Gang violence out of control in Haiti: UN

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Gang violence is spiralling out of control in Haiti, the UN envoy to that country said Tuesday as she appealed again for the creation of an international force to restore order in the poorest country in the Americas.

AFP

From tanks to subsidies: the main topics at Davos

Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - The World Economic Forum in Davos wrapped up Friday after a week that featured feverish discussion of the war in Ukraine, rifts over global trade and Greta Thunberg crashing the party of the global elite.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Says It Will Pay UN Dues after Losing Voting Rights

Lebanon will pay arrears to the United Nations to regain its rights at the world body, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after the country, which is in deep financial crisis, lost UN voting rights for the second time in three years due to unpaid contributions. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres,…

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Lebanon says it will pay UN dues after losing voting rights

Lebanon will pay arrears to the United Nations to regain its rights at the world body, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after the country, which is in deep financial crisis, lost U.N. voting rights for the second time in three years due to unpaid contributions.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon, South Sudan Lose UN Voting Rights Over Dues

Venezuela, Lebanon and South Sudan are in arrears on paying dues to the United Nations’ operating budget and are among six nations that have lost their voting rights in the 193-member General Assembly, the UN chief said in a letter circulated Thursday. Also losing voting rights are Dominica, Equatorial Guinea…

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