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Close-up of a woman in a white blouse reaching toward a short glass of amber liquor on a wooden bar counter.

Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool

A young woman in a hijab focuses on an accounting software program on her laptop during a training session at a UNICEF-supported center in Jaramana, Damascus, Syria, aimed at improving employment opportunities for youth.

800 million young people face a future without jobs

A Palestinian woman in Gaza sits among chickens and ducks while holding freshly collected eggs in an outdoor enclosure.

Sustaining livelihoods amid crisis in Gaza

The Secretary-General's nameplate on a wooden desk in the UN Security Council Chamber, with blue chairs and a large mural in the background.

Gender, geography and powerbroking in play in race for next UN chief

What Stops Countries from Getting Nuclear Weapons?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: AI Must Be Governed "By People and for People"

Cate Blanchett reads 'The Promise'

Strengthening Nutrition in Madagascar

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Green rice paddies bordered by brown irrigation canals under a partly cloudy sky in Ca Mau, Mekong Delta.

In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater

Climate and Environment For generations, farming in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta has depended on a delicate bargain. The river flooded, retreated and flooded again, carrying freshwater and sediment across a flat landscape whose vast fields helped turn the country into one of the world’s leading rice exporters.

A collection of open medicine bottles containing various pills and capsules, alongside empty blister packs and plastic bags, all placed together on a surface.

When streets become pharmacies: Booming illicit markets in Central Africa

Two African elephants touch trunks and tusks in a savanna setting.

Uganda’s UN-supported wildlife forensics lab turns ivory seizures into convictions

Severe riverbank collapse exposes tangled tree roots and threatens a building shielded by green mesh netting along a sandy shoreline, with open water and a distant city skyline visible in the background.

In Tanzania, the sea is moving inland – and taking livelihoods with it

A man in a grey suit and glasses speaks at a green marble desk in the UN General Assembly hall, while a woman in a red top works on a laptop beside him.

The Takeaway Day 6: General Debate ends with call to turn words into action

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks from a podium in the United Nations General Assembly Hall during the opening of the eighty-first session, with delegates seated and his image on two screens.

110 leaders, 18,000 delegates: Inside the UN’s busiest week of high-stakes diplomacy

The busiest week of the year at the UN got underway at the organization’s New York Headquarters on Monday.

Reaching the most vulnerable: Frontline teams support earthquake-hit Venezuela

Photo by UNOCHA/Veronique Durroux showing search and rescue operations near the earthquake ground zero in La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. A CAT backhoe loader is positioned in the foreground amidst rubble, with several rescue workers visible on top of the collapsed building structure.

UN ramps up ceasefire support to hungry and war-weary Gazans

A smiling young girl, Shereen, carries a large pot of rice and chickpeas in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, while other children and adults stand near tents in the background.

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Security Council LIVE: Deaths, demolitions spike in Gaza, West Bank

Peace and Security Amid a rise in lethal Israeli strikes, demolitions and violence in Gaza and the West Bank, the Security Council held an open debate on Thursday focusing on the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

A young South Asian girl in a yellow and red patterned dress sits on the floor at home, using a tablet and writing in a notebook during online schooling.

AI, green energy and economic transitions risk leaving vulnerable communities behind, UN warns

Economic Development Rapid transformations – from artificial intelligence and digital technologies to renewable energy and demographic shifts – are reshaping economies worldwide, creating new opportunities but also threatening to deepen socio-economic inequalities, a new UN report warned on Thursday.

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