UN - Top Stories

1. Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts

   Vaccines have saved around 150 million lives over the past 50 years, but that progress is now under threat. 

2. Health, education, opportunity at stake, amid stubborn digital gender divide

   As transformative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence continue to reshape the global economy, millions of women and girls remain excluded from the digital world – denied not only access to opportunity, but also the chance to shape their own futures.

3. Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo

   The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, particularly for women and children, who face an increased risk of conflict-related sexual violence.

4. Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza

   Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing an escalating public health crisis as aid remains blocked and medical supplies dwindle.

5. AI lightens the workload – but risks remain, labour agency warns

   Artificial intelligence, robotics, and digitalization are rapidly reshaping how we work – but they’re a source of unexpected risks too.