Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar
In a report released on Thursday, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) described the situation in the poverty-struck province as an…
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Rise in Afghan opium cultivation reflects economic hardship, despite Taliban ban
The rebound follows a massive 95 per cent decrease in 2023, when the ban nearly eliminated poppy production nationwide, leading…
WHO identifies 17 pathogens as top priorities for new vaccine development
The study is the first global effort to systematically prioritize endemic pathogens based on their regional and global health impact.…
World Urban Forum: The search for solutions to the global housing crisis moves to Cairo
What is the World Urban Forum? The World Urban Forum (WUF), a major UN conference on sustainable urban development, was…
251 million children still out of school worldwide, UNESCO reports
The findings reveal that global efforts to ensure universal education have hit a concerning plateau, with the out-school population reducing…
Farmers cultivate an opium-free future for Lao PDR
“I get up at 4 am in harvesting season to pick the red berries which are taken to the processing…
$1.5 billion commitment for education and skills training in lower-middle-income countries
The commitment by the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) will address the dire but often forgotten global education emergency.…
Tech progress, automation, AI, cut workers’ share of wealth: ILO
“Global labour income share, which is the proportion of total global income that goes to workers, is shrinking,” said Celeste…
Level of unprotected teenage sex ‘worryingly high’, WHO finds
This is putting young people at greater risk of sexually transmitted infections, unsafe abortions and unplanned pregnancies. The new data…
World News in Brief: UN Commission of Inquiry accepts ICJ opinion, continued attacks in Ukraine, improved neurological medicines access
“The Court was clear and unambiguous, and the advisory opinion entails international legal obligations not only for Israel, but for…