Archive for November 20th, 2025

20/11/2025

Gaza: Displaced Palestinians Dealing with the ‘Death of Dignity’, Warns UNICEF

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Washing is hung up to dry in a damaged home in Gaza City.
© WFP/Maxime Le Lijour | Washing is hung up to dry in a damaged home in Gaza City.

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20/11/2025

Artificial Intelligence Has an Environmental Problem. Here’s What the World Can Do about That

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By the UN Environment Programme*

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20/11/2025

Top Syria Envoy: Humanitarian Conditions Are “Extremely Serious”

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(UN News)* — Nearly a year on from the fall of Assad, Syrians still lack many basic necessities as the transitional government works to shore up the economy and build social cohesion.

A man sells vegetables on the streets of Idleb in Syria.
© UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman | A man sells vegetables on the streets of Idleb in Syria.

Humanitarian conditions are “extremely serious,” UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi told the Security Council on Wednesday [].

There are over 16 million people in need of aid with hundreds of thousands displaced, according to the UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA).

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20/11/2025

Ending Violence against Women ‘a Matter of Dignity, Equality and Human Rights’

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(UN News)* — When Salma* was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay in school and become a doctor someday.

The National Council of Justice (CNJ) of Brazil signed a cooperation agreement with the iFood delivery platform to combat violence against women.
Agência Brasil/Joédson Alves | The National Council of Justice (CNJ) of Brazil signed a cooperation agreement with the iFood delivery platform to combat violence against women.
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Instead, she found herself tied to a man who “changed from being kind to being a monster.” He would beat her “with his bare hands,” she said recently.

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