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Act quickly to protect Afghan journalists, RSF tells new UN special rappor
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 13 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have written to Richard Bennett, the UN's new special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, calling for urgent action to defend journalists and press freedom in Afghanistan, where arbitrary arrests are on the
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One million Afghan children could die if urgent actions not taken: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 10 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan has warned that one million Afghan children could die from severe acute malnutrition if "urgent actions" are not taken.
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Drowning of 27 migrants in English Channel worst disaster on record: IOM
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 25 (ANI): Urgent action is needed to avoid a repeat of tragedies like this week's drowning of at least 27 people in the English Channel, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
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IFRC seeks efforts to keep displaced people safe on Bangladeshi island
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Urgent action is being taken to keep people safe from cyclones and the COVID-19 pandemic on Bhashan Char Island in Bangladesh, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Tuesday.
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Int'l community cannot ignore Afghan crisies: UN official
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): The international community cannot look away from the multiple crises unfolding in Afghanistan, said a UN official, adding that Hunger the plight of women and girls, the looming economic crisis and COVID-19 remain alarming and require urgent action.
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'Extinction Rebellion' climate change activists block Central London on 2n
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK] August 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Hundreds of people on Tuesday blocked roads around Parliament Street and Whitehall, in central London, on the second day of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest to demand urgent actions from governments to tackle climate change, a Sputnik correspondent r
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Afghan envoy urges UN to declare Taliban as 'destructive' group
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 10 (ANI): Afghanistan's newly-appointed Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Gholam Mohammad Ishaaqzai urged the United Nations to declare the Taliban a destructive group and to take urgent actions against it.
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UK's COP26 head warns of global 'catastrophe' from climate breakdown unles
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK president of the COP26 Climate Change Conference, Alok Sharma, has warned that the world was on the brink of a "catastrophe" from climate breakdown, calling for urgent actions.
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Brinda Karat writes to Amit Shah seeking urgent action in rape, murder of
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member and senior party leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging him to take urgent action in the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in the Purana Nanga
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Western wildfires demand urgent action, says Biden in meeting with governo
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) said that the wildfires intensifying in the West demand "urgent action" during a meeting with seven Republican and Democratic governors to discuss how states are responding to the wildfires and how the federal gove
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IMF calls for urgent action to address worsening 'two-track' recovery amid
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): As Group of Twenty (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors are set to gather later this week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday called for urgent action to address a worsening "two-track" recovery.
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Climate change leads to higher chance of floods, extreme rainfall
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 13 (ANI): During a recent study, Climate experts at the Newcastle University found that, without urgent action, climate change will continue to cause an increase in the intensity of extreme rainfall that might lead to severe flooding.
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