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Ahead of UN address, Iran’s Raisi says ‘no trust’ in US on nuclear talks: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has said he would not meet with US President Joe ...
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Ahead of UN address, Iran’s Raisi says ‘no trust’ in US on nuclear talks
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Ahead of UN address, Iran’s Raisi says ‘no trust’ in US on nuclear talks: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has said he would not meet with US President Joe ...
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Ahead of UN address, Iran’s Raisi says ‘no trust’ in US on nuclear talks
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Human rights activists outraged: Saudi Arabia leads UN Commission on Women's Rights
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Human rights activists outraged: Saudi Arabia leads UN Commission on ...
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U.S. Falls Out of Top 20 Happiest Countries for the First Time Ever: For the first time in the World Happiness Report’s dozen-year history, the U.S ...
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U.S. Falls Out of Top 20 Happiest Countries for the First Time Ever
Quick Glance: New Report: Kenya Ranks 114th in Happiness Index
  • For the seventh consecutive year, Finland has secured the title of the world's happiest country, with Kenya ranking 114th out of a total of 143 countries. Conversely, Afghanistan finds itself at the bottom of the ranking as the unhappiest nation.

  • The latest findings were unveiled on March 20, 2024, coinciding with the International Day of Happiness.

  • This annual report relies on six key factors, encompassing social support, income, health, freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption. The economic dimension serves as a pivotal gauge for happiness levels across different nations.

  • Attaining happiness is contingent on various elements like career progression and tackling specific challenges. The United Nations advocates for a harmonized economic growth strategy that fosters happiness and well-being for all.
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Miss Universe: Saudi Arabia in beauty pageant for the first time: Saudi Arabia doesn't exactly shine with strong women's rights. Now the country is entering the ...
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Miss Universe: Saudi Arabia in beauty pageant for the first time
Quick Glance: Rumy Alqahtani: First Saudi Arabian Participant at Miss Universe 2024 Competition
  • Saudi Arabia will be participating for the first time in the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 2024, with Rumy Alqahtani representing the country.

  • Having established herself in the modeling industry by winning various beauty pageants globally, Alqahtani is a well-known runway model from Riyadh.

  • To announce Saudi Arabia's involvement in the upcoming Miss Universe 2024 competition, Alqahtani took to Instagram and shared a picture of herself in a silver sequin gown, wearing a Miss Universe Saudi Arabia sash, and standing next to the Saudi flag.

  • The 27-year-old model and influencer is a prominent figure in the fashion scene in Saudi Arabia, holding titles such as Miss Saudi Arabia, Miss Middle East, Miss Arab World Peace, and Miss Woman (Saudi Arabia).
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Colombian president threatens to break ties if Israel doesn't uphold ceasefire
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Colombian president threatens to break ties if Israel doesn't uphold ...
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Israel to block aid convoys to northern Gaza, says UNRWA boss: It comes as the UN secretary-general visited the southern Rafah crossing and urged Israel to ...
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Israel to block aid convoys to northern Gaza, says UNRWA boss
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UN chief calls for slavery reparations: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for slavery reparations over the transatlantic slave trade ...
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UN chief calls for slavery reparations
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Top UN court orders Israel to allow more aid into Gaza: The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called the case “a vital step in the global effort to hold Israel ...
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Top UN court orders Israel to allow more aid into Gaza
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UN Report Finds Israel Has Met Threshold for Genocide: "Israel's genocide on the Palestinians in Gaza is an escalatory stage of a long-standing settler ...
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UN Report Finds Israel Has Met Threshold for Genocide
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Gaza starvation could amount to war crime, UN human rights chief tells BBC: Volker Türk tells Jeremy Bowen there is a "plausible" case that Israel is using ...
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Gaza starvation could amount to war crime, UN human rights chief tells BBC
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Israel bombs Gaza, fights Hamas around hospitals: GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces pounded besieged Gaza on Wednesday (Mar 27) in the war sparked by the Oct 7 attack ...
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Israel bombs Gaza, fights Hamas around hospitals
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UN expert finds reasonable grounds to believe Israel has committed genocide: A United Nations expert has found reasonable grounds to believe Israel has commited ...
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UN expert finds reasonable grounds to believe Israel has committed ...
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'Death Sentence for Thousands': Israel Bars UNRWA Food Aid to Northern Gaza: "By preventing UNRWA to fulfill its mandate in Gaza, the clock will tick faster ...
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'Death Sentence for Thousands': Israel Bars UNRWA Food Aid to Northern ...
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Israel bombs Gaza as UN chief calls for end to 'horror and starvation': Air and artillery strikes pounded targets in Gaza Sunday as UN chief Antonio Guterres ...
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Israel bombs Gaza as UN chief calls for end to 'horror and starvation'
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Preparations for offensive in Rafah continue: Despite criticism, preparations for the controversial ground offensive on Rafah continue: the local people are ...
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Preparations for offensive in Rafah continue
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Over 1 billion meals a day squandered worldwide in 2022: UN report: The world generated 1.05 billion tons of food waste in 2022, per the UN report.
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Over 1 billion meals a day squandered worldwide in 2022: UN report
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Four Moscow attack suspects charged with terrorism: Although the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin ...
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Four Moscow attack suspects charged with terrorism
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US bans UNRWA funding until at least 2025, while leaving room for flexibility: FM Katz praises move, vows UN relief agency for Palestinians won't be part of ...
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US bans UNRWA funding until at least 2025, while leaving room for ...
Quick Glance: US Congressional Leaders Propose Spending Bill to Cut UNRWA Funding
  • A new bill with support from Biden and bipartisan agreement aims to prevent a government shutdown and prohibit funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

  • The proposed spending bill from Congressional leaders in the US would avert a government shutdown but ban funding for the UNRWA.

  • The US has been UNRWA’s largest donor, and a ban would almost certainly lead to a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

  • De-funding of UNRWA has been paused by some Western countries, led by the US, despite UNRWA denying allegations of having ties to Hamas.
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Iran believes Gaza war will ‘shape new world order’ - analysis: Iran doesn’t care that much about the tactics in Gaza, it cares more about the grand strategy.
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Iran believes Gaza war will ‘shape new world order’ - analysis
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Sexual violence ‘largely unpunished’ in Haiti, UN says: The UN human rights office described sexual violence in Haiti as “severely underreported and largely ...
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Sexual violence ‘largely unpunished’ in Haiti, UN says
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🔴 Live: UN chief to visit Egypt's border with Gaza in new plea for ceasefire: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Egypt's border with ...
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🔴 Live: UN chief to visit Egypt's border with Gaza in new plea for ...
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Russia, China Veto US Resolution at UN Seeking a Gaza Cease-Fire: Russia and China vetoed the strongest move yet by the US to pressure Israel at the United ...
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Russia, China Veto US Resolution at UN Seeking a Gaza Cease-Fire
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Earth on brink of surpassing key warming threshold: UN weather agency : The United Nations weather agency issued a “red alert” Tuesday, warning the Earth is at ...
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Earth on brink of surpassing key warming threshold: UN weather agency 
Quick Glance: UN Issues Climate Change Warning After Record Heat and Ice Melt
  • The UN weather agency is raising the alarm about climate change, warning that global efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate.

  • The 1.5-degree limit of the Paris Climate Agreement is at risk as the average temperature from March 2023 to February 2024 exceeded this threshold.

  • In 2023, over 90% of ocean waters experienced heat wave conditions at least once, glaciers lost record amounts of ice, and Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest level.

  • Despite the alarming news, there is a glimmer of hope as renewable energy capacity has significantly increased, and calls for more climate action are growing.
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Netanyahu says he’s trying everything to get more aid to Gaza. Aid groups say that’s not true
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Netanyahu says he’s trying everything to get more aid to Gaza ...
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In Iran, Baha’i minority faces persecution even after death: Grave desecrations represent a new attack against Iran's biggest non-Muslim religious minority
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In Iran, Baha’i minority faces persecution even after death
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Gangs make gains in Haiti as humanitarian conditions deteriorate: Haiti's gangs have made advances in Port-au-Prince, a UN official reported Thursday ...
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Gangs make gains in Haiti as humanitarian conditions deteriorate
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Omaha hockey will face Minnesota in first round of NCAA tournament: UNO hockey received an at-large bid to the 16-team NCAA tournament, and the Mavs will face ...
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Omaha hockey will face Minnesota in first round of NCAA tournament
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UNRWA textbooks were pivotal in radicalizing generations of Gazans — watchdog: Education-monitoring group says UN agency allowed incitement to be taught in its ...
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UNRWA textbooks were pivotal in radicalizing generations of Gazans — ...
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Gaza Strip: UN Security Council calls for ceasefire for the first time - Israel reacts angrily
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Gaza Strip: UN Security Council calls for ceasefire for the first time - ...
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European Union, UN criticise new Hong Kong security law: The European Union and the United Nations said Hong Kong's new national security bill was deeply ...
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European Union, UN criticise new Hong Kong security law
Quick Glance: Australia and Britain Condemn China's Actions in Hong Kong and South China Sea
  • Australia and Britain criticized China for its actions in Hong Kong and the South China Sea, as well as its support of Russia.

  • In a statement following a meeting where London and Canberra deepened their security ties, the two countries expressed concerns about security and rights in Hong Kong, as well as human rights abuses in China.

  • The ministers also strongly criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine and called on China to play a role in ending the conflict.

  • They also warned of the potentially severe consequences of an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
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'The choice is clear - surge or starvation': UN chief condemns blocked aid to Gaza on Ramadan visit
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'The choice is clear - surge or starvation': UN chief condemns ...
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Around 19 percent of food is wasted globally as 783 million people face chronic hunger, UN says
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Around 19 percent of food is wasted globally as 783 million people face ...
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Bodies of 65 people found in mass grave in Libya: UN migration agency: The IOM believes the people were migrants who died in the process of being smuggled ...
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Bodies of 65 people found in mass grave in Libya: UN migration agency
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Middle East conflict:Israel confiscates 800 hectares of land in the West Bank: According to Israeli activists, this is the largest seizure of Palestinian ...
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Middle East conflict:Israel confiscates 800 hectares of land in the West ...
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State of the climate report: WMO sounds the alarm - UN sees "planet on the edge of the abyss"
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State of the climate report: WMO sounds the alarm - UN sees
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Ramadan 2024: Australia, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore announce first day of fasting
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Ramadan 2024: Australia, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore announce ...
Quick Glance: Ramadan 2024: First Day of Holy Month Announced
  • Moon-sighting committees worldwide gather to mark the end of Sha'ban and the start of Ramadan.

  • Some countries have set March 12 as the first day of Ramadan after not sighting the crescent moon on Sunday, March 10.

  • Saudi Arabia and the UAE confirmed the sighting of the moon on Sunday, establishing Monday, March 11 as the first day of the holy month.

  • Other countries have announced the start of Ramadan for either Monday or Tuesday, based on the crescent moon sighting.
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Head of UN agency says Israel blocked him from entering Gaza - and he says it would be 'easy to flood besieged territory with food'
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Head of UN agency says Israel blocked him from entering Gaza - and he says ...
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Israel must not let Gaza's people starve - opinion: Even if this prediction of mass starvation turns out to be another UN-aided false defamation of Israel ...
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Israel must not let Gaza's people starve - opinion
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Israel-Palestine live: Netanyahu says Israel 'preparing to enter Rafah'
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Israel-Palestine live: Netanyahu says Israel 'preparing to enter ...
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UN chief says there is growing consensus to tell Israel that a ceasefire is needed
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UN chief says there is growing consensus to tell Israel that a ceasefire ...
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Is Gaza heading into famine? How experts define that grim term. : The world is rushing food aid to Gaza, where more than 2 million face what the U.N ...
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Is Gaza heading into famine? How experts define that grim term.
Quick Glance: Gaza Crisis: Food Aid Distribution
  • UN supports the distribution of food aid in Gaza through local groups.

  • Israel plays a central role in the Gaza crisis by controlling access to humanitarian aid.

  • Palestinian clans in Gaza reject cooperation with Israel and do not wish to be seen as Hamas replacements.

  • Efforts to distribute aid are complicated by threats and attacks from Hamas and Israel.
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UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons: U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons after ...
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UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons
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Hunger in Gaza: 'The children of Palestine are innocent': A United Nations report has found that 1.1 million people in Gaza face "catastrophic ...
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Hunger in Gaza: 'The children of Palestine are innocent'
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Satellite images analyzed by the United Nations Satellite Center show that 35 percent of the Gaza Strip’s buildings have been destroyed or damaged in the ... Show more
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Israel's UN ambassador pleads with members of security council to place blame on Hamas
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Israel's UN ambassador pleads with members of security council to ...