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Guterres calls for ‘serious dialogue’ to end surging violence in Syria
The UN Secretary-General appealed on Thursday for an end to the fighting in Syria, where a recent escalation raises the risk of further division in the ongoing civil war.
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Mexico: Boom in organized crime making femicide invisible, local activist says
With more than 2,526 women murdered in the past three decades – from 1993 through 2023 – and hundreds disappeared, Ciudad Juárez remains Mexico’s deadliest city for women.
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Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land degradation
The private sector has been urged to make the sustainable management of land a key part of corporate and financial strategy going forward, as the world risks losing half of global GDP – estimated at $23 trillion – due to degradation.
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UN health agency approves ‘groundbreaking’ TB test
A potentially “groundbreaking” new test for tuberculosis (TB) has been endorsed by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) as part of continuing efforts to eradicate one of the planet’s leading infectious killers.
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Mexico: Boom in organized crime making femicide invisible, local activist says
With more than 2,526 women murdered in the past three decades – from 1993 through 2023 – and hundreds disappeared, Ciudad Juárez remains Mexico’s deadliest city for women.
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$1.4 billion needed for sexual and reproductive health services in crisis-hit countries
The UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, appealed on Thursday for $1.4 billion to safeguard the rights and well-being of women, girls and youth in 57 crisis-affected countries in the coming year.