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NASA Data Empowers Global Response to Rising Sea Levels, Here's What You Need to Know
NASA’s sea level data platform now provides coastal regions with projections through 2150, aiming to guide resilient infrastructure planning. Collaborating with global partners like the World Bank and United Nations, NASA offers data that helps governments and organisations address the impacts of climate change on communities worldwide. Coastal c...
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Evacuation Order Impacts Humanitarian Work In Gaza Amid Truce Talks By US
The United Nations on Monday said humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip has taken a serious blow after Israel ordered a new evacuation in the centre of the besieged territory.
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Israel-Hamas War: Woman Rescued From Home Ruins Gives Birth To Baby Girl
An operation resulted in the miraculous birth of a baby not too distant from the remains of her family's home in the Gaza Strip.
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"Oldest Fortified City" Tell al-Sultan In Palestine A World Heritage Site
The United Nations' cultural organisation inscribed the "pre-historic site of Tell al-Sultan" located near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho on its World Heritage List on Sunday, UNESCO said.
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Ukrainians Fleeing War Find Refuge In Occupied West Bank: Report
The February 24 Russian invasion triggered the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, leaving over 6.8 million Ukrainians registered as refugees across the continent, according to the latest United Nations figures.
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World Bank, UN Body Sign $20 Million Partnership To Support Afghanistan
The United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP) has signed a USD 20 million partnership agreement with the World Bank to support humanitarian, economic, and social development initiatives across all eight regions and 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
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UN Warns Of "Colossal" Collapse Of Afghan Banking System
The United Nations on Monday pushed for urgent action to prop up Afghanistan's banks, warning that a spike in people unable to repay loans, lower deposits and a cash liquidity crunch could cause the financial system to collapse within months.
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United Nations, World Bank, IMF Need Urgent Reforms, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
Ms Sitharaman said "while reforms in countries are happening in different stages, these global institutions have remained the way they have been for the last several decades"
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United Nations, World Bank, IMF In Need Of Urgent Reforms: Nirmala Sitharaman
Institutions such as United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Fund need to be urgently reformed as they no longer speak for countries whose issues have remained unattended to for decades, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
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Ayushman Bharat Scheme Commended By UN, World Bank: Harsh Vardhan
The work done under PM Modi's flagship healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat in the past one year has received commendation from the United Nations, World Health Organisation and the World bank alike, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
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North Korea Took $2 Billion In Cyberattacks To Fund Weapons Programme: Report
North Korea has generated an estimated $2 billion for its weapons of mass destruction programs using "widespread and increasingly sophisticated" cyberattacks to steal from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday.
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More Mobile Phones Than Humans In The World: Report
Thanks to the Internet and its affordability, the world recorded more mobile phones than the people using it, according to the latest data from the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the World Bank, and the UN.
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Thought Of Ivanka As World Bank Head, She's Good With Numbers: Trump
President Donald Trump considered nominating his daughter to head the World Bank, and she also would have been "great" as US ambassador to the United Nations, he said in an interview published Friday.
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Microsoft, Amazon, Google Join Fight to Prevent Famine
The tech firms "will use the predictive power of data to trigger funding" to take action before it becomes a crisis.
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Russia, China Block US Sanctions On Russia, North Korea At United Nations
Russia and China on Thursday blocked a US request to add a Russian bank to a UN sanctions blacklist along with a North Korean official and two entities, diplomats said.
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NASA Data Empowers Global Response to Rising Sea Levels, Here's What You Need to Know
NASA’s sea level data platform now provides coastal regions with projections through 2150, aiming to guide resilient infrastructure planning. Collaborating with global partners like the World Bank and United Nations, NASA offers data that helps governments and organisations address the impacts of climate change on communities worldwide. Coastal c...
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Evacuation Order Impacts Humanitarian Work In Gaza Amid Truce Talks By US
The United Nations on Monday said humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip has taken a serious blow after Israel ordered a new evacuation in the centre of the besieged territory.
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Israel-Hamas War: Woman Rescued From Home Ruins Gives Birth To Baby Girl
An operation resulted in the miraculous birth of a baby not too distant from the remains of her family's home in the Gaza Strip.
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"Oldest Fortified City" Tell al-Sultan In Palestine A World Heritage Site
The United Nations' cultural organisation inscribed the "pre-historic site of Tell al-Sultan" located near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho on its World Heritage List on Sunday, UNESCO said.
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Ukrainians Fleeing War Find Refuge In Occupied West Bank: Report
The February 24 Russian invasion triggered the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, leaving over 6.8 million Ukrainians registered as refugees across the continent, according to the latest United Nations figures.
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World Bank, UN Body Sign $20 Million Partnership To Support Afghanistan
The United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP) has signed a USD 20 million partnership agreement with the World Bank to support humanitarian, economic, and social development initiatives across all eight regions and 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
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UN Warns Of "Colossal" Collapse Of Afghan Banking System
The United Nations on Monday pushed for urgent action to prop up Afghanistan's banks, warning that a spike in people unable to repay loans, lower deposits and a cash liquidity crunch could cause the financial system to collapse within months.
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United Nations, World Bank, IMF Need Urgent Reforms, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
Ms Sitharaman said "while reforms in countries are happening in different stages, these global institutions have remained the way they have been for the last several decades"
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United Nations, World Bank, IMF In Need Of Urgent Reforms: Nirmala Sitharaman
Institutions such as United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Fund need to be urgently reformed as they no longer speak for countries whose issues have remained unattended to for decades, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
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Ayushman Bharat Scheme Commended By UN, World Bank: Harsh Vardhan
The work done under PM Modi's flagship healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat in the past one year has received commendation from the United Nations, World Health Organisation and the World bank alike, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
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North Korea Took $2 Billion In Cyberattacks To Fund Weapons Programme: Report
North Korea has generated an estimated $2 billion for its weapons of mass destruction programs using "widespread and increasingly sophisticated" cyberattacks to steal from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday.
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More Mobile Phones Than Humans In The World: Report
Thanks to the Internet and its affordability, the world recorded more mobile phones than the people using it, according to the latest data from the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the World Bank, and the UN.
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Thought Of Ivanka As World Bank Head, She's Good With Numbers: Trump
President Donald Trump considered nominating his daughter to head the World Bank, and she also would have been "great" as US ambassador to the United Nations, he said in an interview published Friday.
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Microsoft, Amazon, Google Join Fight to Prevent Famine
The tech firms "will use the predictive power of data to trigger funding" to take action before it becomes a crisis.
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Russia, China Block US Sanctions On Russia, North Korea At United Nations
Russia and China on Thursday blocked a US request to add a Russian bank to a UN sanctions blacklist along with a North Korean official and two entities, diplomats said.
