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Newborn babies go hungry in Pakistan flood zone
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Shelling near Russian-controlled nuclear plant in Ukraine could be ‘catastrophic’: UN
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A 9-year-old boy killed in rocket attack in southern Ukraine
A local resident pushes his bike as smoke rises over the site of an explosion after a rocket attack in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov)
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IAEA says team to establish 'continued presence' at Ukraine power plant
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UN chief says North Korea has increased repression of rights
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, speaks to the media during a press conference at the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday praised the "remarkable and inspiring operation" that has seen some 650,000 metric tons of grain and other food shipped from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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UN team arrives at nuclear plant in Ukraine as violence flares
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Canadian banks’ climate commitments lag expectations of UN-led coalition: Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists hang a banner from Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Thursday, July 19, 2018, protesting Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. A new report from Greenpeace warns that Canada's biggest banks could be pushed out of a UN-backed net-zero emission coalition if they don't boost their climate commitments. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Death toll rises in Pakistan's cataclysmic floods
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UN inspectors head to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
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UN seeks $160-million in emergency aid for Pakistan floods
This aerial view shows a flooded residential area in Dera Allah Yar town after heavy monsoon rains in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province on August 30, 2022. - Aid efforts ramped up across flooded Pakistan on August 30 to help tens of millions of people affected by relentless monsoon rains that have submerged a third of the country and claimed more than 1,100 lives. (Photo by Fida HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by FIDA HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Nations fail to reach deal on UN treaty to protect sea life
FILE - The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building during an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York. As 191 countries approach the end to a four-week conference to review the landmark U.N. treaty aimed at curbing the spread of nuclear weapons, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and rivalries between the West and China were posing key obstacles to agreement on a final document. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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Russia blocks final document at nuclear treaty conference
FILE - The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building during an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York. As 191 countries approach the end to a four-week conference to review the landmark U.N. treaty aimed at curbing the spread of nuclear weapons, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and rivalries between the West and China were posing key obstacles to agreement on a final document. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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The UN just recognized access to a healthy environment is a universal human right. It’s time for Canada to take action
Dr. David Boyd, Dr. Kai Chan, Dr. Amanda Giang and Dr. Navin Ramankutty
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U.N.-chartered ship in Ukraine readying for journey to Africa
The first UN-chartered vessel MV Brave Commander loads more than 23,000 tonnes of grain to export to Ethiopia, in Yuzhne, east of Odessa on the Black Sea coast, on August 14, 2022. - On July 22, 2022 Kyiv and Moscow signed a landmark deal with Turkey to unblock Black Sea grain deliveries, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. UN's World Food Programme has purchased an initial 30,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat. MV Brave Commander has a capacity of 23,000 tonnes. (Photo by OLEKSANDR GIMANOV / AFP) (Photo by OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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UN chief affirms support for denuclearized North Korea
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP)
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Evening Update: UN deal to get Ukrainian grain to starving nations obstructed by business contracts
FILE PHOTO: The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni, carrying Ukrainian grain, is seen in the Black Sea off Kilyos, near Istanbul, Turkey August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Caliskan
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UN’s deal to get Ukrainian grain to starving nations obstructed by business contracts
FILE PHOTO: The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni, carrying Ukrainian grain, is seen in the Black Sea off Kilyos, near Istanbul, Turkey August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Caliskan
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United Nations chief urges tax on ‘grotesque greed’ of oil, gas companies
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference introducing the third report of the Global Crisis Response Group, examining the impact of the war in Ukraine on food, fuel, and finance, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on August 3, 2022. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)