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UN News Today 8 August 2024

UN News Today
  • UNDP and UNHCR launch joint programme to aid war-affected civilians in Ukraine
  • WHO elevates Mpox response as cases rise in the African region
  • WHO provides humanitarian care in Yemen following heavy rainfall
  • WMO says extreme levels of heat continued through July
Audio Duration
5'3"
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UN News Today 6 August 2024

UN News Today
  • COVID-19 infections are surging, with over 40 Olympians testing positive in Paris for the virus, and other respiratory infections
  • UN chief António Guterres condemns nuclear sabre rattling as the world marks the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945
  • An independent rights expert denounces the “deliberate targeting” and killing of two Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
Audio
4'33"
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UN News Today 5 August 2024

UN News Today
  • UN rights chief expresses concern over growing conflict risks in the Middle East: OHCHR
  • Iran's protest crackdown disproportionately targets minorities, new report finds
  • UN refugee agency shocked by violent protests in United Kingdom
Audio
3'56"
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UN News Today 2 August 2024

UN News Today
  • Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, numbers set to soar: WHO
  • UN’s Middle East peace negotiator urges action to address ‘growing risk’ of escalation
  • Famine in Sudan: WFP calls for unfettered access to hunger hotspots
Audio Duration
4'58"
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UN News Today 1 August 2024

UN News Today
  • More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 infants annually
  • Senior UN officials welcome verdict in 2009 stadium massacre trial in Guinea
  • A new programme aims to get Gaza’s children back to learning
Audio
4'37"
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UN News Today 31 July 2024

UN News Today
  • Israeli military in spotlight over ‘incommunicado’ detention of Palestinians
  • UN health agency leads bid to tackle acute diarrhoea outbreak in Yemen 
  • AI set to transform jobs rather than replace workers: ILO
Audio
5'1"
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UN News Today 30 July 2024

UN News Today
  • Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deathly cycle’ of malnutrition, heat and disease, say UNICEF, WHO
  • 1 in 3 victims of trafficking is a child, warns UN migration agency
  • Over 6 million youngsters at risk as deadly floods lash across South Asia: UN Children’s Agency
Audio Duration
4'31"
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UN News Today 29 July 2024

UN News Today
  • Sudan: UN condemns deadly attack on a hospital and residential areas in North Darfur
  • WHO and partners launch project to speed up bird flu vaccine development in low-income countries
  • Thousands of Gazans forced to flee amid rising regional tensions, continued evacuation orders
Audio Duration
5'12"