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3 May 2019 (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)* — As diplomats from all over the world meet to discuss nuclear disarmament at the 2019 NPT Preparatory Committee, President Trump and President Putin are reported to have discussed nuclear weapons and a new arms-control agreement that extends to China during a phone call on Friday [3 May 2019].
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A garbage collector works in the Latin American largest city dump in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 18, 2017. | Photo: EFE ” Ohoto from teleSUR.
4 May 2019 (teleSUR)* — President Jair Bolsonaro’s economic policies have increased the quarterly unemployment rate by 10.2 percent, leaving over 13.4 million people out of work. The scarse job supply is associated with low confidence in the future of the country’s economy, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) data released on Thursday [2 may 2019].
And their work can require them to confront attitudes that harm women’s health and demean their status and value.
This courageous work is being celebrated on 5 May, the International Day of the Midwife.
Soghra and Nabila are two such heroes.
With deadly cyclones on the rise, UNICEF raises concern about impact of climate change on children
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NEW YORK, 3 May 2019 (UNICEF)* – The cyclone currently hammering India and the back-to-back cyclones that tore through Mozambique in March and April have caused serious damage to the lives of thousands of children.
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, is “deeply concerned by yet another dangerous escalation in Gaza and the tragic loss of life”. According to news reports, approximately 200 rockets were fired on Saturday [4 May 2019] from the Occupied Palestinian Territory towards Israel, and various Israeli airstrikes and tank fire were carried out in retaliation.
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