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The unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn't been seen since World War II, the UN says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world hasn’t seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza since World War II, and it would take at least until 2040 to restore the homes devastated in Israel’s bombing and ground offensive if the conflict ended today, the United Nations...
Many countries are bouncing back from the pandemic but the poorest are not, UN says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing their conditions deteriorate, the U.N. Development Program said Wednesday. Achim Steiner, head of the agency, said that after two decades...
A meeting of the UN body promoting equality for women starts with 5 male speakers
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s preeminent body promoting equality for women and girls opened its annual meeting Monday with five male speakers in a row – a lineup that made some of the men uneasy and was somewhat baffling to the hundreds of women in the packed General Assembly chamber. ...
