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A "pressure-cooker" heatwave that's broken temperature records twice in two days continues to threaten vulnerable people in the US northwest and western Canada, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday.
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UN humanitarians expressed concern on Tuesday at the latest developments in Ethiopia's Tigray region, highlighting the ongoing famine-like conditions and potential for disease outbreaks unless aid access is forthcoming.
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Meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in Switzerland - Day Two
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The imminent closure of the last cross-border aid lifeline to north-west Syria must be postponed beyond the 10 July deadline, UN humanitarians said on Friday, noting that no cross-line supplies had reached Idlib from Damascus in nearly a year.
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Small businesses unprepared for pandemic-sized climate shock ‘every decade’: ITC
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“Looming catastrophic food insecurity in Nigeria could eventually result in a famine”, warns UN Country Office
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“Central role of the State during pandemics and other health emergencies is to mount a robust health response while upholding human rights” says top UN human rights official
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The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19 in addition to a lack of funding have left millions more people on the verge of famine than six months ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.