Tag: António Guterres
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Mikhail Gorbachev: Mourners line up to pay homage to the final Soviet leader
 The last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to peacefully end the Cold War, is being remembered by mourners in Moscow.There is somber music playing within...
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Pakistan floods are a monsoon on steroids, warns UN chief
Pakistan is facing "a monsoon on steroids", the UN's secretary general has warned, after floods submerged a third of the country.Antonio Guterres urged the...
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Moqtada al-Sadr: At least 15 dead amid fighting in Iraqi capital
At least 15 people have been killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and supporters of a powerful Shia cleric in the capital, Baghdad.Officials...
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One blunder can lead to a nuclear catastrophe-UN chief warns
The Secretary-General warned the world had been "lucky" to avoid global nuclear warThe world is one misstep from devastating nuclear war and in peril...
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UN calls for end to ‘tsunami of hate’ around virus
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an "all-out effort" to end rising racism linked to the Coronavirus pandemic.
"The pandemic continues to unleash a tsunami of...
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Coronavirus pandemic will cause global famines of ‘biblical proportions’ – UN warns
The world is facing multiple famines of "biblical proportions" in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic...
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UN chief warns that coronavirus poses a risk to human rights
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic is “a human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis.â€The U.N. chief...