Diabetes is one of the world’s fastest-growing health challenges – and its impact stretches across every life stage, from childhood to older age.

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Around 90 Indigenous people from the Munduruku Indigenous group staged a peaceful protest early Friday, blocking the main entrance to the Blue Zone – the restricted area set aside for negotiators – at COP30 in Belém. Access was halted for about an hour, and the army was called in to reinforce security.

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The UN Security Council met on Friday for its annual debate over how it operates – including the process to select the next Secretary-General in 2026.

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Images emerged this week of what appear to be mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks on Palestinian homes and property, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday.

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