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Zaima Rahman, daughter of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, now a UNGA legal officer

A Watchdog Wants the UN to Explain How the Bangladeshi PM’s Daughter Got Her UN Job

Global Justice Network has asked the UN to open an independent review of how Zaima Rahman, daughter of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, was hired as a legal officer in the office

September 25, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Destroyed buildings in Gaza reflect the economic devastation detailed in the UNCTAD report

Gaza Now Lives on 58 Cents a Day. The UN Says That’s Unprecedented.

A new UN trade agency report puts Gaza's reconstruction bill at $71.5 billion and its economic collapse beyond anything ever recorded. The reconstruction plans already on the table cover a fraction of

September 25, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·Economy·News

Universal Pictures milestone $5 billion worldwide box office 2026 with The Odyssey, Mario, Michael

Universal Becomes First Studio to Hit $5 Billion at the 2026 Box Office

Universal Pictures crossed $5 billion at the worldwide box office Friday, the first studio to do so in 2026 and the first since Universal itself in 2017, driven by Christopher Nolan's The

September 25, 2026

Business·Entertainment·Movies·News

Frankfurt Airport terminal with aircraft on tarmac, site of Germany's deadliest airport malaria cluster

Mosquitoes Off Planes Are Killing Germans Who Never Left Home

Three deaths and eight infections at and near Frankfurt Airport have exposed a rarely-discussed pathway for tropical disease: mosquitoes boarding flights in endemic regions and surviving to non-endemic cities. The Schwanheim cluster

September 25, 2026

Health·News

Fighting in northern Ethiopia raises fears of communications blackout and blockade in Tigray

Old Enemies Just Allied Against Ethiopia’s Government. The War Followed Within Days.

Seven Ethiopian armed groups that fought each other in the last civil war united against Abiy Ahmed's government last weekend. Within days, airports fell, fighting spread to three regions, and the internet

September 25, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

A health worker in protective gear at an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Congo’s Ebola Toll Reaches 3,759 as North Kivu Cases Surge 73 Percent

The DRC Ebola outbreak reached 3,759 deaths on September 22 as North Kivu's caseload surged 73 percent in three weeks — even as Ituri showed early signs of improvement. No licensed vaccine

September 25, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Health·News

Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín presides over the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery consent decree hearing, September 2026

Judge Refuses to Rubber-Stamp Paramount-Warner Merger Pact

A federal judge declined to approve the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery consent decree at a critical September 24 hearing, telling attorneys 'the court is not a rubber stamp.' With six days until the

September 25, 2026

Business·Entertainment·News

WHO health workers pandemic preparedness UNGA September 2026

UN Adopts Pandemic Declaration — Vaccine Equity Clause Still Missing

World leaders adopted a pandemic preparedness political declaration at the UN General Assembly on Thursday — but the PABS mechanism that would legally require pharmaceutical companies to share vaccines with low-income countries

September 25, 2026

Government and Politics·Health·News

Taylor Swift performing during The Life of a Showgirl era in 2026

Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ Encore Drops Tonight With ‘Patient Zero’ Video

Taylor Swift drops The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore tonight, four songs written in Stockholm the week the original shattered streaming records. The 'Patient Zero' video, starring Colin Farrell and Dakota

September 24, 2026

Entertainment·Music·News

Sudanese and Chadian refugees displaced by the Sudan Civil War, representing the collapse of health infrastructure across Darfur

MSF Tells the UN: USAID Cuts Are Closing Sudan’s Last Clinics

Médecins Sans Frontières addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday with a warning: 37% of Sudan's health facilities have closed, 45 clinics shut after USAID defunded them in May, and measles is

September 24, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Health·News

Society- Page 14

A Watchdog Wants the UN to Explain How the Bangladeshi PM’s Daughter Got Her UN Job

Gaza Now Lives on 58 Cents a Day. The UN Says That’s Unprecedented.

Universal Becomes First Studio to Hit $5 Billion at the 2026 Box Office

Mosquitoes Off Planes Are Killing Germans Who Never Left Home

Old Enemies Just Allied Against Ethiopia’s Government. The War Followed Within Days.

Congo’s Ebola Toll Reaches 3,759 as North Kivu Cases Surge 73 Percent

Judge Refuses to Rubber-Stamp Paramount-Warner Merger Pact

UN Adopts Pandemic Declaration — Vaccine Equity Clause Still Missing

Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ Encore Drops Tonight With ‘Patient Zero’ Video

MSF Tells the UN: USAID Cuts Are Closing Sudan’s Last Clinics

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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