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Save The Children: 2024 In Review - 35 Children Born Into Hunger Every Minute In 2024

Analysis of U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) data showed the number of children born into hunger rose by around 5% in 2024 compared to a year earlier and 19% more than the 15.3 million recorded in 2019 when progress on tackling childhood hunger began to stall.

UN News: Haiti’s Destiny ‘Bright’ Despite Terrifying Escalation Of Violence

Offering Haiti’s young people alternatives to gang life and strengthening local institutions are key for the Caribbean nation to “reclaim its position as a symbol of hope,” according to a senior UN official in the country.

UN News: Indian Ocean Tsunami Anniversary - A Call To Safeguard Future Generations

On the sombre twentieth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, a disaster that claimed over 230,000 lives across 14 nations, UN officials on Thursday called for a renewed global commitment to safeguard future generations from similar catastrophes.

Milad Haghani & Arthur Stukas, The Conversation: 50 years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin – and Australia’s attitude to disasters changed forever

Cyclone Tracy reshaped Darwin and marked a turning point in Australia’s approach to disaster resilience.

UN News: General Assembly Approves $3.72 Billion UN Budget For 2025

The General Assembly wrapped up the main part of its 79th session on Tuesday, approving a $3.72 billion budget for the United Nations for 2025 and adopting a new programme to support landlocked developing countries.

Brenna R. Hassett, Human Bridges: The Controversy Over Cannibalism

The discovery of a prion disease, kuru, in the Fore people of Papua New Guinea that was transmitted by consuming contaminated human brain tissue of family members during funeral rites demonstrated that cannibalism exists in living cultures.

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