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United Nations · SudanThe international community must take immediate action to end the wave of sexual violence being carried out against women and girls in Sudan, two senior UN officials said on Thursday.See the Story
World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper's death sentence
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United Nations · Port-Au-PrinceThe ongoing crisis in Haiti is having a “massive” and “devastating” impact, with over half the population acutely food insecure and more than one million staring at emergency levels of hunger, a senior UN World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Thursday.See the Story
Senior UN aid official urges comprehensive response to Haiti crisis
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Social MediaDigital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - present high risks of privacy invasion, cyberbullying and distraction from learning to young girls, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) latest Global Education Monitor (GEM) report released on Thursday.See the Story
UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social media on young girls
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Heatwaves · GazaUnexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery faced by the enclave’s people and sparked new fears of disease outbreaks amid a lack of sufficient clean water and waste disposal, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.See the Story
Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah
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Gaza · GazaAcross the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League universities amid a campus-wide crackdown on students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, shining a spotlight on the question of freedom of expression worldwide, said UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan.See the Story
Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis
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Pollution · Trinidad and TobagoPlastic pollution blocks rivers, chokes oceans and makes its way into the food chain as microplastics. It’s a global environmental crisis, and Small Island Developing States are especially vulnerable, having to cope with detritus washing up on their beaches, as well as the waste they generate themselves.See the Story
Polluting rivers, beaches and the ocean: How can Trinidad solve its plastics problem?
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United Kingdom · United KingdomA top Human Rights Council-appointed expert has welcomed the decision by all health authorities in the United Kingdom to halt the routine use of puberty-blockers offered to children as part of gender transition services, amid a sharp increase more widely in the number of teenage girls seeking such treatment and concerns that it might disrupt brain development.See the Story
Gender therapy review reveals devastating impacts on teens
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