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World News in Brief: Lives lost and aid destroyed in Ukraine, rainfall alert for Horn of Africa, $710 million appeal for Rohingya refugees

Flak jackets and final goodbyes: Lebanon’s first responders under fire

Ebola risk is high inside DR Congo but it’s no pandemic emergency: WHO

Guterres condemns Israeli move to militarise seized compound in occupied East Jerusalem

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How the Hormuz crisis keeps disrupting kitchens, ports and paychecks

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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Dr. Mawete Janabi speaking at a press conference.

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MUNGURA Claudine, a 12-year-old student at BIRINGI Primary School, washes her hands with water from a blue dispenser at her school in Biringi, ARU territory, Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ebola outbreak: ‘Every epidemic begins in a community and ends in a community’

Health Facing a fast-moving Ebola outbreak caused by a rare strain of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) is relying on a rapid, community-centred response to halt transmission in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, a senior official has told UN News.

A smiling Black man in a suit and lanyard sits on a white bench at an outdoor event in a stadium.

‘I had a good life and I lost it’: How one man survived four years on the streets

A mother and her children sit inside a makeshift blue and beige tent on the street in Martyrs Square, Beirut, Lebanon.

1.1 billion people live in slums. Can they be housed in dignity?

An illustration of a large missile emerging from a concrete bunker in a forest, with flowers growing around it and two boys watching in the foreground.

Nuclear fears resurface among younger generations amid global tensions

Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen sit in a row with host Mike Waltz during a live panel discussion at the United Nations.

Artemis II astronauts underscore our shared humanity, in historic UN visit

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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.

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

The UN is taking the opportunity of the ceasefire in Gaza to ramp up the delivery of aid to the beleaguered people of Gaza.

From podiums to patrols: Taking the pulse of the UN’s busiest week

Silhouettes of delegates stand near a United Nations flag at sunrise outside UN Headquarters during the 80th General Assembly Debate in New York.

Ukraine: Keeping the lights on during the darkest times

A group of people, including a woman pushing a stroller, walk down a foggy street in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, carrying humanitarian aid supplies provided by UNHCR.

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at a podium during an event at the National Press Club in Japan.

Security Council reform ‘is absolutely essential’: Guterres

UN Affairs The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday underscored the need to effectively re-open the Strait of Hormuz and expand UN Security Council membership to curb the impunity of veto-wielding “superpowers”.

How the Hormuz crisis keeps disrupting kitchens, ports and paychecks

Economic Development The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran may have eased fears of a wider regional war, but persistent instability around the Strait of Hormuz continues to disrupt global trade, drive up energy costs and fuel a growing jobs and cost-of-living crisis.

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