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So, your Landlord is now your… Owner? UN-backed list of ‘gender-neutral’ terms met with brutal mockery

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The UN has rolled out a shortlist of gender-neutral terms that should be utilized when you’re unsure of a person’s gender. The exercise in language-policing, however, seems to have seriously flopped, after it got shredded online. … Read More >So, your Landlord is now your… Owner? UN-backed list of ‘gender-neutral’ terms met with brutal mockery

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Gunpoint diplomacy: US to ‘snap back’ all UN sanctions on Iran if expiring arms embargo isn’t renewed

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Two years after spectacularly exiting the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the US has threatened to trigger a return of all UN sanctions – once lifted under those accords – if it doesn’t renew an arms embargo set to expire in October. … Read More >Gunpoint diplomacy: US to ‘snap back’ all UN sanctions on Iran if expiring arms embargo isn’t renewed

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Russia Conducting Its Own Investigation Into Alleged Chemical Attacks in Syria – Ambassador to UN

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Russia is conducting its own investigation into alleged chemical attacks in Syria and will share its conclusions with the world, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia told reporters on Tuesday. … Read More >Russia Conducting Its Own Investigation Into Alleged Chemical Attacks in Syria – Ambassador to UN

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UN rapporteur on torture ‘scared to find out more about our democracies’ after delving into Assange case

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Discovering that the cruelty visited on Julian Assange by Western democracies had been premeditated has heightened the fear of learning more about how those democracies operate, the UN’s rapporteur on torture has admitted. … Read More >UN rapporteur on torture ‘scared to find out more about our democracies’ after delving into Assange case

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‘Immediate danger’: Half of world’s workforce could lose livelihood due to Covid-19, UN agency warns

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The International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned that around half of the world’s workforce, or 1.6 billion workers, are at imminent risk of losing their livelihood because of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More >‘Immediate danger’: Half of world’s workforce could lose livelihood due to Covid-19, UN agency warns

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Coronavirus is inequality on steroids! – UN Rapporteur on the right to food (E869)

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak firstly with the UN Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Dr Hilal Elver. She discusses Coronavirus’ impact on food security, why inequality is important to understand the impact of the pandemic, the disproportionate Covid-19 deaths and infections among African-Americans, how powerful countries … Read More >Coronavirus is inequality on steroids! – UN Rapporteur on the right to food (E869)

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‘Now is not the time!’ UN chief says WHO is ‘critical’ in global war against Covid-19 as US cuts funding to probe its ‘China ties’

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The United Nations has urged continued support for the World Health Organization (WHO) as countries around the globe battle the coronavirus pandemic, just hours after US President Donald Trump froze American funding to the agency. … Read More >‘Now is not the time!’ UN chief says WHO is ‘critical’ in global war against Covid-19 as US cuts funding to probe its ‘China ties’