China winter smog targets not enough to offset last year’s surge – data
A new winter plan to curb emissions in northern China will not be enough to reverse last year’s sharp increase,
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New refugee data centre can inform policies, solutions worldwide: Guterres
A new UN refugee data centre will improve the way humanitarian agencies support “some of the most dramatically vulnerable people
Read moreThursday’s Daily Brief: Updates on Syria, refugee data centre, billions raised to fight global diseases, Colombia’s peace process
A recap of Thursday’s stories: Guterress calls for military de-escalation in Syria’s north-east; the role of cities in the climate crisis; new UN data
Read moreThursday’s Daily Brief: UN chief remembers former Assembly President, Council on Africa’s Great Lakes, FAO data shows stable food prices
A recap of Thursday’s stories: Guterres addresses climate emergency in op-ed; UN envoy highlights ‘golden opportunity’ for Africa’s Great Lakes
Read moreU.S. seeks advertising, sales data on e-cigarette companies
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ordered a half-dozen e-cigarette companies to turn over sales and advertising data, the federal
Read moreHackers targeted personal data held at top Australian university: report
Cyber-attackers spent months targeting personal information of students and employees at one of Australia’s most prestigious universities, a report into
Read moreHealth workers aim to save lives of mothers and babies with smartphone data
Community health workers in India and Uganda are to be armed with smartphones and tablets that use data analytics, risk
Read moreRussia facing potential Olympic ban after WADA cites ‘inconsistent’ data
Russia is once again in danger of being banned from next year’s Olympics after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revealed
Read moreWADA starts compliance procedures against RUSADA over ‘inconsistent’ data
The World Anti-Doping Agency has opened compliance proceedings against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) over what it said were inconsistencies
Read moreAround 12 million children may never see a classroom, UN data reveals
New data published by the United Nations cultural agency on Friday, reveals that without taking urgent measures, around 12 million
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