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25 September 2018 – The top United Nations relief official in Libya has voiced deep alarm at the humanitarian impact of increasing hostilities in Tripoli, which has led over two days to the deaths of 11 people, most of them civilians, and the wounding of 18 others.
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24 September 2018 (UN Environment)* – Thanks to rapid changes in technology and falling prices, millions of tons of high-tech electronic devices are becoming obsolete in the developed nations every year, making e-waste one of the top environmental challenges of the 21stcentury.
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Electronic waste (e-waste) is defined as what remains of mobile phones, computers, personal stereos, fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs, as well as large household appliances such as television sets, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners and more.
With three-quarters of the population requiring some form of basic assistance to survive, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, now in its fourth year, has reached unprecedented levels of need.
On Monday 24 September 2018, ahead of the United Nation’s 73rd General Assembly high-level debate, a special event will focus on the humanitarian response across the country, its major achievements and its daily challenges, in an attempt to galvanize more international support.
11 Sep 2017
The founder of peace and conflict studies, Dr. Johan Galtung, discusses his predictions of the US Empire collapsing and becoming a dictatorship, before eventually rebuilding the republic’s democracy.
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Trump, Putin, and the Anti-Russian Coalition in the U.S.
Q: What do the following wildly diverse people and institutions have in common: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Fox News’ Shepard Smith, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, The New York Timesand The Weekly Standard, The National Reviewand the Daily Kos?
Richard E. Rubenstein
A: All agree that Donald Trump’s alleged “softness” toward Russia must be unequivocally condemned. Trump’s meeting and press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last July were, in the late Senator John McCain’s words, “a tragic mistake,” if not “treasonous” (the term used by former CIA director John Brennan).
According to McCain, “the damage inflicted by President Trump’s naivety, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate.”
Dimiana is new to farming but she’s already an enthusiast. ©FAO/Sven G. Simonsen
24 September 2018 (FAO)* – Dimiana Nange Clement is a young refugee and a budding farmer.
The 11-year-old lives with her family in the Kalobeyei integrated settlement in northern Kenya. The settlement is adjacent to the Kakuma refugee camp, one of the largest such facilities in the world.
Zain Al Rafeaa’s childhood as a refugee in Beirut inspired his lead role in an award-winning movie, transporting him to the glitz of Cannes and beyond.
Syria child actor Zain Al Raffeaa, 13, poses for a portrait in Beirut, Lebanon.
© UNHCR/Dalal Mawad, producer, Houssam Hariri, camera/editor
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21 September 2018 (UN Environment)* – Environmental crimes are widely recognized as among some of the most profitable forms of transnational criminal activity. Their monetary value was estimated in 2016 at between US$91-259 billion annually, most likely the fourth largest criminal area in the world after drugs, counterfeits and human trafficking.
This estimate corresponds to a 26 per cent increase compared to 2014, with rates of such crimes expected to further increase by 5-7 per cent annually.
22 September 2018 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stated that he is “alarmed by the increasing number of violations of the ceasefire” in the capital of Libya, Tripoli, which has led to the death of dozens of civilians.
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