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Women Worker Ban Afghanistan: UN tells Afghan staff to stay home over women worker ban concerns - sources
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Women Worker Ban Afghanistan: UN tells Afghan staff to stay home over women worker ban concerns – sources

KABUL: The United Nations has told all Afghan staff not to report to work in Afghanistan for 48 hours for security reasons while it seeks…

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UN adopts landmark resolution on climate justice
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UN adopts landmark resolution on climate justice

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted by consensus and to cheers a landmark resolution calling for the world body’s top court to…

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North: China ambassador arrives in North Korea in sign of reopening
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North: China ambassador arrives in North Korea in sign of reopening

BEIJING: China said Tuesday its new ambassador to North Korea has taken up his post, in a sign the North is reopening amid reports it…

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26% of world lacks clean drinking water, 46% sanitation: UN
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26% of world lacks clean drinking water, 46% sanitation: UN

UNITED NATIONS: A new report launched Tuesday on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years says 26% of…

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india: India hosts roundtable on millets to strategise production and consumption globally
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india: India hosts roundtable on millets to strategise production and consumption globally

A ministerial round table of millets was held post-inaugural session of the Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference in New Delhi on Saturday. Ministers from Guyana,…

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Two killed, eight wounded in eastern Ukraine: Mayor
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Two killed, eight wounded in eastern Ukraine: Mayor

Russian strikes killed two people and wounded eight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Saturday, the mayor said, accusing Moscow of having used…

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Turkey's Erdogan says Ukraine grain deal extended
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Turkey’s Erdogan says Ukraine grain deal extended

ANKARA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced the extension of a deal that allowed exports of Ukrainian grain to resume following Russia’s invasion.“Following…

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Yemen: UN sees renewed momentum toward Yemen peace spurred by Saudi, Iran deal
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Yemen: UN sees renewed momentum toward Yemen peace spurred by Saudi, Iran deal

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Yemen mediator urged warring parties on Wednesday to “seize the opportunity” to take decisive steps toward peace and said momentum…

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Shaktikanta Das: RBI's Shaktikanta Das bags Governor of the Year award
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Shaktikanta Das: RBI’s Shaktikanta Das bags Governor of the Year award

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das has been awarded the Governor of the Year award by Central Banking. RBI‘s former governor Raghuram…

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Syria: UN: World after earthquake was slow to send aid to Syria
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Syria: UN: World after earthquake was slow to send aid to Syria

GENEVA: The international community and the Syrian government did not act quickly last month to help people in need in the rebel-held northwest after a…

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