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Daily Wrap 1 July 2025
A $220 million yacht reportedly owned by a tech oligarch moors in the Mediterranean Sea.
Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality

Spain and Brazil have launched a joint initiative to promote higher tax contributions from the super-rich worldwide, aimed at tackling soaring inequality by ensuring those with the most pay their fair share.

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Economic Development
A MONUSCO peacekeeper stands guard as a UN helicopter delivers aid to an IDP camp near Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (file photo)
General Assembly approves $5.4 billion UN peacekeeping budget for 2025-2026

The General Assembly on Monday approved a $5.38 billion budget for UN peacekeeping operations for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, down slightly from the previous year, as delegates wrapped up weeks of negotiations amid warnings about persistent funding challenges.

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UN Affairs
An UNRWA worker sifts through rubble in gaza.
Gaza: Families deprived of the means for survival, humanitarians warn

The United Nations on Tuesday reported that humanitarian operations in Gaza are facing escalating strain, as ongoing fuel shortages, access restrictions and military activity continue to undermine aid delivery and essential services. 

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Peace and Security
People displaced by the conflict in Sudan rest at a facility in eastern Sudan after fleeing Khartoum.
Sudan: UN warns of soaring displacement and looming floods

UN humanitarians on Tuesday sounded the alarm over worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan, as escalating violence continues to displace civilians and the rising risk of severe flooding during the current rainy season. 

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Humanitarian Aid
Children play in the Zayandeh Roud, Isfahan, Iran.  (file)
Iran crisis: UN stays and delivers

A clearer picture of needs across Iran is beginning to emerge after the conflict this month with Israel, which left hundreds dead, several hospitals hit and a spike in Afghan refugees returning home, the UN's top official in Tehran said on Tuesday.

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Humanitarian Aid
In the last two years, more than 12 million children have reportedly been killed, maimed or driven from their homes in conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa region according to UNICEF.
Children's lives 'turned upside down' by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF

Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa in the last two years reportedly killed, maimed, or displaced over 12 million children across the region, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

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Peace and Security
The participation of girls in education in places like India (pictured) is central to gender equality efforts.
'The margins of the budget': Gender equality in developing countries underfunded by $420 billion annually

Developing countries currently face a staggering $420 billion annual gap in the funding needed to achieve gender equality, UN Women estimates. This gap means that programmes and services for women and girls are chronically underfunded.  

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Women
A tiger cools down in a stream on a hot day in the Chitwan National Park, Nepal. The tiger population in the protected forest has rebounded thanks to concerted efforts by the Government and local communities.
50 years of CITES: Protecting wildlife from trade-driven extinction

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks 50 years since it entered into force on Tuesday, celebrating five decades of protecting endangered wildlife from overexploitation through international trade.

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Climate and Environment
Temperatures across the world continue to rise.
Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts

The blistering early-summer heatwave that's brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a worrying sign of things to come, UN weather experts said on Tuesday.

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Climate and Environment
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