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Israel’s Netanyahu calls U.N. house of lies ahead of Jerusalem vote

YoopyaDecember 21, 2017June 7, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 21, 2017June 7, 20230

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the United Nations as a house of lies ahead of a vote on Thursday on a draft resolution calling on...

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Obama and Putin: Awkward moments, few breakthroughs

YoopyaSeptember 29, 2015July 2, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 29, 2015July 2, 20230

NEW YORK — U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first formal meeting in more than two years started with an awkward handshake...

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U.N. chief warns South Sudan’s warring leaders to put people first

YoopyaFebruary 4, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 4, 2015July 3, 20230

(Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned South Sudan’s leaders on Tuesday that they must put the interests of their people above their own...

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United Nations Urges North Korea Prosecutions

YoopyaNovember 19, 2014July 12, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 19, 2014July 12, 20230

United Nations members voted decisively on Tuesday for a groundbreaking resolution that condemns North Korea for human rights abuses and for the first time recommends...

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UNICEF to boost staff in Ebola-hit countries; UN health chief deplores lagging vaccine research

YoopyaNovember 4, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 4, 2014July 15, 20230

3 November 2014 – As the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced today that it plans to boost its staff in countries on the frontlines...

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Volunteers carry bodies in a centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres for Ebola patients in Kailahun

YoopyaOctober 9, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2014July 15, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases by the end of Oct. 5, with no...

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Crime and gangs: the path to battle for Australia’s Islamist radicals

YoopyaOctober 6, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 6, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – The children of refugees who fled Lebanon’s civil war for peaceful Australia in the 1970s form a majority of Australian militants fighting in...

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Record number of migrant deaths at sea, in deserts this year – IOM

YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014July 29, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014July 29, 20230

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – A record 4,077 migrants have died already this year crossing deserts and seas worldwide, three-quarters of them in perilous...

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Rains complicate delivery of Ebola supplies in West Africa

YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014July 29, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014July 29, 20230

By Stella Dawson WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The rainy season in West Africa is compounding difficulties in getting supplies delivered and new treatment centres...

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Obama says “significant gap” in global effort to fight Ebola

YoopyaSeptember 26, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 26, 2014July 15, 20230

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that there was still a significant gap between where we are...