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U.S. shutdown forces delay in U.N. scrutiny of rights record

August 24, 2021 at 4:14 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.S. government shutdown has forced the postponement of U.N. scrutiny of its rights record, including over accusations of suspected abuses by the National Security Agency, immigration...

Syrian child refugees face exploitation, UNICEF says

August 24, 2021 at 4:13 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Child refugees who have fled Syria's civil war are vulnerable to exploitation including early marriage, domestic violence and child labor, despite efforts to keep them in school,...

U.S. shutdown forces delay in U.N. scrutiny of rights record

May 23, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.S. government shutdown has forced the postponement of U.N. scrutiny of its rights record, including over accusations of suspected abuses by the National Security Agency, immigration...

Fragmented opposition, Syrian government both hamper aid: agencies

August 24, 2021 at 3:26 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Aid workers are having to negotiate with an increasing number of rebel sub-factions to organize delivery of aid to Syrian civilians, while the government continues to deny...

Life expectancy gap growing between rich/poor world women: WHO

May 14, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Life expectancy for women at 50 has improved, but the gap between poor and rich countries is growing and could worsen without better detection and treatment of...

Iraqi Kurdistan sets quota for Syria refugees: aid groups

August 24, 2021 at 2:20 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The government of Iraqi Kurdistan has set an entry quota of 3,000 refugees a day to cope with an influx of Kurds fleeing the civil war in...

Swiss ban ‘inappropriate’ ski lifts for North Korea

August 24, 2021 at 2:20 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland has banned the sale to North Korea of equipment for a luxury ski resort planned for the ruling elite in the widely impoverished state that is...

Swiss ban ‘inappropriate’ ski lifts for North Korea

May 14, 2019 at 12:04 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland has banned the sale to North Korea of equipment for a luxury ski resort planned for the ruling elite in the widely impoverished state that is...

Political trials in Ukraine, Tajikistan draw U.N. rebuke

August 24, 2021 at 1:36 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights watchdog on Thursday deplored "politically motivated" prosecutions in Ukraine and Tajikistan and told the two former Soviet republics to make sure judges...

Concern at undetected cases as WHO holds coronavirus talks

August 24, 2021 at 1:05 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - International health experts began urgent talks on the Middle East coronavirus (MERS) on Tuesday amid concerns about larger numbers of milder infections possibly going undetected, the World...

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