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United Nations watchdogs raise concerns about Nooksack evictions, again

SEATTLE — More than 5,000 miles separate Deming in Whatcom County, Washington, where the Nooksack River rushes out of the North Cascades, and the Palais des Nations in Geneva, where the United Nations Human Rights Council is headquartered.

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UN peacekeeping on 75th anniversary: Successes, failures and many challenges

Over the past 75 years, the United Nations has sent more than 2 million peacekeepers to help countries move away from conflict, with successes from Liberia to Cambodia and major failures in former Yugoslavia and Rwanda

The Independent UK

UN gets $2.4 billion in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

The United Nations received pledges of $2.4 billion on Wednesday to help fund aid operations for some 32 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, but the donations fell short of what the U.N. was seeking as it warned against a possible "catastrophe."

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Vending machines evolve with technology

Vending machines are evolving. Contact-less ones drew attention amid the spread of the coronavirus, and new types of vending machines using advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and information communications are appearing one after another. Ideas aimed at helping achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and solve social…

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Israel postpones parole session for writer Walid Daqqa

Novelist and political activist Daqqa was transferred to hospital on Monday following further health complications.

Al Jazeera

Russia criticised at UN as more civilians killed in war zones

The United Nations estimates nearly 17,000 civilians killed last year, an increase of 53% compared with year before.

Al Jazeera

Cyclone-hit Myanmar, Bangladesh need $375 million in aid - UN

The United Nations on Tuesday said it needed $375 million in funding to get food, medicine and other relief supplies to millions of people affected by a cyclone that devastated parts of Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Reuters

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UN concerned by lack of grain ships going to one Ukrainian port

The United Nations expressed concern on Monday that Ukraine's Black Sea port of Pivdennyi (Yuzhny) has not received any ships since May 2 under a deal allowing the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer.

Reuters

Attempts to freeze the conflict in Ukraine where it is are wrong, says Sunak

Rishi Sunak was answering former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who made the case for a ceasefire.

The Independent UK

'Crowbar wielding' attacker smashes up Turkevi Center in New York United Nations building

A man repeatedly smashed several windows of the Turkish diplomatic centre near the UN in New York City using a suspected crowbar before fleeing following the brazen act of vandalism

Daily Mirror

Outbreak of Victorian era disease kills 10 as warning there's a billion at risk

The family of a woman who died due to the cholera outbreak in South Africa said that they could not afford to buy bottled water as the disease is spreading globally

Daily Mirror

UN Partially Absolves Exiled Catalan Leader From Spanish Prosecution

But Spain's refusal to allow the pro-independence leader to vy for the presidency of Catalonia has been vindicated

Zenger

Deadly Storm Compounds Need for Aid in Myanmar

Residents at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons said cyclone Mocha had made hundreds of Rohingya refugees “disappear.”

The News Lens

Countries should respect sovereignty and territorial integrity: PM Modi at G-7 meet

Unrest in any part of the world affects all countries of the global community, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday at the G-7 meeting in Hiroshima. Speaking at the ‘Working Session 9’ of the G-7 summit, Mr. Modi reiterated India’s commitment to do “everything” to bring an end to…

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The Independent UK

African leaders to broach thorny issue of paying Russia for fertilizers in Kyiv and Moscow talks

A delegation of six African leaders set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow aim to “initiate a peace process” but also broach the thorny issue of how a heavily-sanctioned Russia can be paid for the fertilizer exports Africa desperately needs, a key mediator in the talks said

The Hindu

PM Modi strongly calls for reform of United Nations

The United Nations and the Security Council will remain just a “talk shop” if they do not reflect the realities of the present world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on May 21, strongly pitching for reform of the global body.

Radio France Internationale

UN Security Council to meet on Sudan as a million are displaced by violence

The United Nations has called an emergency Security Council meeting on the fighting in Sudan, which has displaced an estimated one million people since it broke out a month ago.

The Independent UK

Demonstration outside Downing Street after executions in Iran

The rally brought together several organisations which oppose the Iranian regime.

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Exclusive-Ukraine would only allow Russian ammonia exports if gets expanded grain deal

Kyiv would consider allowing Russian ammonia to transit its territory for export on condition the newly-renewed Black Sea grain deal is expanded to include more Ukrainian ports and a wider range of commodities, a government source told Reuters.

Reuters

US and UN condemn anti-Arab chants at Jerusalem march

The United States and the United Nations condemned on Friday anti-Arab slogans chanted during an annual march in Jerusalem's Old City that drew tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists a day earlier.

Reuters

US tells UN it will shield Venezuela humanitarian fund from creditors -sources

The U.S. has assured the United Nations that it will shield a proposed UN-administered Venezuela humanitarian fund from creditors, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, removing a key obstacle to getting the money flowing.

Miami Herald

In Miami, NATO official says only Ukraine can decide what ‘just and lasting peace’ would look like

Even as several countries have offered to mediate in the search for a political solution to the war in Ukraine, including several in Latin America, a high-ranking North Atlantic Treaty Organization official insists that only the Ukrainian government can determine what it will consider “a just and lasting peace.”

Reuters

Kremlin says it needs to see more progress after Black Sea grain deal renewal

The Kremlin on Thursday confirmed that Russia had renewed the Black Sea grain deal for two months after achieving some results in talks which had given it "certain hopes", but said more progress had to be made to advance its own interests.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar cyclone relief faces hurdles

SITTWE, Myanmar: Residents in the capital of cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state queued for rice and drinking water as the United Nations negotiated with the internationally isolated Myanmar junta for access to hard-hit areas.

Reuters

UN seeks $3 billion for Sudan as fighting rages in Khartoum

The United Nations said on Wednesday more than half Sudan's population now needed aid and protection, as civilians sought shelter from air strikes and sporadic clashes between rival military factions in the Khartoum area.

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