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Pakistan floods: 5.7 million will face food crisis in coming months, UN saysA top U.N. official announced an increase in the humanitarian appeal for Pakistan to $816 million, from $160 million, amid rising deaths from disease.WorldOct 3
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Russia vetoes UN resolution condemning Putin’s annexation of Ukrainian territoryThe U.N. Security Council veto sets up a promised vote in the General Assembly that is expected to overwhelmingly pass, but will have no binding authority to stop Russia.WorldSep 30
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Alberta student who fled Ukraine wins award for landmine-detecting droneA 17 year old who fled war-torn Ukraine and is now student at the University of Alberta has won a global prize for an invention created because of the violence he saw.CanadaSep 29
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Canadian Black civil servants accuse federal government of racism in UN complaintThe lawsuit filed in Federal Court on behalf of more than 45,000 Black civil servants alleges they have lost out on opportunities based on their race going back to the 1970s.CanadaSep 28
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Canada will oppose Russia’s re-election to U.N. aviation agency: ministerA vote to elect countries to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)'s 36-member governing council is to be held on Saturday.CanadaSep 27
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Melanie Joly addresses abortion, sexual violence in closing speech at United NationsIn a speech Monday in New York, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly summarized Canada's priorities and concerns in foreign relations.CanadaSep 26
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Queen Elizabeth II honoured at UN meeting: ‘Exceptional monarch’This year's U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders came on the heels of another event that reverberated internationally - the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.WorldSep 25
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India stays neutral on Russia’s war on Ukraine, lays out plan for G 20 term at UNIndia's foreign minister laid out the country's plans for its turn at the G-20 presidency during his speech in front of the U.N. General Assembly.WorldSep 24
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Zelenskyy to U.N.: Ukraine will prevail over Russian mobilization, ‘but we need time’Zelenskyy suggested Russia's decision to mobilize some reservists showed that Moscow isn't serious about negotiating an end to its nearly seven-month-long war.WorldSep 21
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Ukraine, Haiti to dominate Justin Trudeau’s day at UN General AssemblyTrudeau is expected to make news of his own, in particular when he announces Canada's latest contribution to a UN effort to confront treatable disease in the developing world.CanadaSep 21
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