Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

The continuing violence came despite an immediate ceasefire call for the remainder of Ramadan from the Security Council on Monday, prompting urgent appeals from UN aid agencies for the resolution to be respected immediately, to prevent more people dying. Speaking from Rafah in southern Gaza, UN Children’s Fund spokesperson James Elder said that 13,750 children…

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Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians

Gaza: Number of children killed higher than from four years of world conflict

“This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future,” said UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, who described as “staggering” the latest Gaza health authority data indicating that at least 12,300 youngsters have died in the enclave in the last four months, compared with 12,193 globally between 2019 and…

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UN teams up with FIFA at Women’s World Cup in score for gender equality

‘Illegal betting is the number one factor fuelling corruption in sports’, UN conference hears

The discussions at the international anti-corruption conference, convened in Atlanta by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), held between 11 and 15 December, built on the ground-breaking Global Report on Corruption in Sport, produced by the UNODC in 2021, which pointed to a dramatic increase in illegal betting, fuelled by the billions of dollars flowing through…

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Working on the feature to contact without number on WhatsApp

Working on the feature to contact without number on WhatsApp

California: Meta’s subsidiary application WhatsApp continues to introduce features for users. After recently introducing a password feature to keep chats private, the company has started testing a new feature. According to the WhatsApp beta info, the messaging platform has started testing a username feature for users’ accounts that will allow users to use a username…

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