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Road safety gets a boost with new UN fix for ‘pedal error’

Have you ever been driving in your car and pressed the accelerator instead of the brake? It happens more than you might think and it’s a cause of serious accidents that UN road safety experts have found a fix to, they announced on Thursday.

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Haitian capital’s crippled health system ‘on the brink’

The health system in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is “on the brink” and “crippled by escalating violence” according to the UN’s Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) representative in the Caribbean island nation, Dr. Oscar Barreneche.

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Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting

The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by leading hunger experts who warned that the country faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded”, with no less than 14 areas at the highest level of risk.

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World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking

The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on Wednesday warning that the number of users is ticking up alongside a rise in trafficking.