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03 April 2025, 08:15

PORTLAND, USA, Apr 02 (IPS) - For most voters, to make America great again, as the 47th president has repeatedly pledged, meant to make the United States markedly superior globally. However, the administration’s actions, policies and program cuts will not improve but only worsen the US’s mediocre standing among advanced countries.

Read the full story, “Make America Great Again? Not by This Administration”, on globalissues.org

03 April 2025, 08:15

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 02 (IPS) - After nearly two years of extended warfare and protracted crises as a result of the Sudanese Civil War, Sudan remains the world’s biggest internal displacement crisis. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), heightened insecurity, widespread famine, economic strife, and climate shocks threaten the lives of approximately 25.6 million people.

Read the full story, “Hunger and Heightened Insecurity Pushes Sudan to the Brink of Collapse”, on globalissues.org

03 April 2025, 08:15

LONDON/MANDALAY, Apr 02 (IPS) - Boosting faint hopes of still finding survivors, rescue workers from Myanmar and Turkey pulled a man alive from the rubble of a hotel in the capital early on Wednesday, five days after the quake hit. But hope of finding more survivors is slim after central Myanmar was devastated by a massive earthquake last Friday. Now aid workers are struggling to deliver body bags, medicines and food and water against the backdrop of civil war.

Read the full story, “Regime Obstructs Aid But Finally Declares Ceasefire in Quake-hit Myanmar”, on globalissues.org

03 April 2025, 08:15

2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 new cases recorded, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Read the full story, “Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief”, on globalissues.org

03 April 2025, 08:15

Two senior UN officials appealed in the Security Council on Wednesday for an end to attacks against humanitarians and personnel working for the global organization.

Read the full story, “‘Attacks on aid workers must end,’ Security Council told”, on globalissues.org

03 April 2025, 08:15
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03 April 2025, 08:15
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03 April 2025, 08:15
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03 April 2025, 08:15
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03 April 2025, 08:15
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