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Zimbabwe approves culling of 50 elephants amid food shortages as conservationists push back. Officials say overpopulation and hunger are driving the decision. Critics call it cruel and short-sighted.

With 14 children disappearing daily, Mexico faces a severe crisis as families search for answers amid rising trafficking and illegal adoption cases.

Chinese sanitary pad manufacturers face backlash for misleading lengths, raising safety concerns and highlighting ongoing issues of period poverty.

Despite being a leading member of OPEC, the UAE has shown its willingness to lead the charge for climate financing, bringing together players from all sectors

BE OPEN launched the competition to raise awareness among young and emerging professionals in creative and engineering fields to address Sustainable Development Goals

While a woman's freedom depends on her "obedience" to her husband in Saudi Arabia, the nation will lead a top United Nations (UN) women's rights group.

UN Women have warned that more than one in five women and girls are at risk of living in extreme poverty by 2030.

UK, US, and French UN reps praise Iraq's progress in stability, citing successful elections as a milestone amid corruption challenges, as Iraqi government intensifies service delivery efforts.

The UNRWA and media outlets continue to refute Israel's controversial allegations against aid workers being affiliated with Hamas.

As Israel vows to move towards Rafah, UNICEF says that more than 17,000 children have been left unaccompanied or separated from their parents in the Gaza Strip.

UN expert Michel Forst asserted that environmental protesters, acting for the "benefit of us all," must be safeguarded. He also unearthed troubling information about the treatment of peaceful protesters.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Guterres drew parallels between the risks associated with AI and those posed by the climate crisis.

The Taliban regime has also shut down women's shelters in the country.

Without immediate and substantial financial support, vital food distributions to Chad will be halted, exacerbating the suffering of vulnerable communities.

Seoul's spy agency has claimed that Pyongyang may have received support from Russia.

Craig Mokhiber's letter follows the recent high-profile resignation of senior US State Department official, Josh Paul, over "destructive" US policy decisions.

Following his visit to Israel, Biden addressed the US in a rare Oval Office speech, in which he dubbed Hamas as "terrorists" and likened its aspirations to Putin.

Ambassador Woodward lauded the draft resolution for its condemnation of the "appalling Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel on the 7th October".

World leaders vetoed a draft of a resolution from Russia last Monday night which would have held a ceasefire against Israel's siege in Gaza.

UN says "mass ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians is underway. Concurrently, condemnation continues from various countries, including South Africa and Ireland.

The Taliban barred girls from attending secondary schools on September 18, 2021, a month after it took over Afghanistan.

The United Nations has refused to bow down to the Taliban by deciding that it will not replace its female staff with male staff in Afghanistan.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has said that the failure to phase out fossil fuels will prove to be a "death sentence" to millions of poor people

The social and cultural biases against women have not shown any sign of progress in the last 10 years, according to the latest report by the United Nations.

The Foreign and Commonweath Office call for humanitarian efforts to be doubled, along with the termination of the illicit captagon drug trade, if displaced people are to return to Syria.

Two climate scientists have issued a dire warning about the consequences the planet might face if humans did not limit the global temperature rise.

The World Food Programme reported acute food insecurity is set to worsen over the coming months, with 18 hunger hotspots having been recognised as countries at the highest alert level.

The UN request urgent funding for their life-saving assistance to the victims of Cyclone Mocha, which killed over 450 people, in Myanmar and Bangladesh. The appeal will also help support thousands of Rohingya people, after the storm destroyed refugee camps.

Even the UN has admitted that the world will not be able to achieve gender equality by 2030, partly due to the setback from the social and economic fallout brought by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Constantly having a smile on your face has its benefits, aside from having a better emotional state, like being less likely to develop the common cold.