Countries urged to take more action against chemical pollution

Climate action: ‘Take steps to close the adaptation gap, now’

The Adaptation Gap Report 2023 issued by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), says the world is underprepared, under invested and lacking the necessary planning, leaving us all exposed. It warns that instead of speeding up, progress on adapting to climate change is stalling. The slowdown extends to finance, planning and implementation, says UNEP, with massive…

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Children who are close to their parents are more kind and generous

Children who are close to their parents are more kind and generous

London: Young children who are very close to their parents have more feelings of kindness, caring, and concern for others than other children. A new study recently found that children who are emotionally close to their parents are less likely to experience mental health problems during early childhood and adolescence. Conversely, however, children whose relationships…

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Uganda: UN human rights office to close on Saturday

Uganda: UN human rights office to close on Saturday

The closure of the office in Kampala follows the recent closure of sub-offices in Gulu and Moroto sub-offices. In February, the Government decided to terminate the mandate of the High Commissioner’s Office, OHCHR, in Uganda. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and human rights defenders denounced the move and had called for its reversal, according to media reports….

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Unitaid: Close to a million deaths by 2035 if TB prevention is not acted on

Unitaid: Close to a million deaths by 2035 if TB prevention is not acted on

The UN agency insisted that implementing a combined strategy of identifying household contacts and providing TB preventive treatment is cost-effective. Unitaid said it could cut deaths by 35 per cent among household contacts of patients and people living with HIV in the next 12 years. Saving children’s lives The joint study by Unitaid, John Hopkins…

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I have an informant close to Russian President Putin, the Ukrainian intelligence chief

I have an informant close to Russian President Putin, the Ukrainian intelligence chief

Major General Kyrailo Badanov, head of the Ukrainian intelligence GUR Major General Kyrailo Badanov, the head of the secret service of Ukraine, says that he has informants close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. While giving an interview to a foreign news agency, General Kyrailo said that in today’s era, the head of a secret agency…

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