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The U.S. intelligence community is reviewing how it gathers vast troves of Americans’ personal information from businesses that harvest people’s data from phones, cars, and internet-connected devices.
The intimate data available on the open market means the government needs to rethink how it acquires commercially available information (CAI), according to a new report from a panel established by the Director of National Intelligence.… Read the rest
The UN is providing “multifaceted support” to Mali ahead of this weekend’s constitutional referendum, the head of its peacekeeping mission in the country, MINUSMA, said in a briefing to the Security Council on Friday.
“This is obviously an important time for the mission, coinciding with discussions on the renewal of its mandate, and also for Mali, which continues to face complex security and other forms of challenges,” Special Representative El-Ghassim Wane told ambassadors.… Read the rest
UN humanitarians continue bringing life-saving aid to survivors of the flooding from the Kakhovka Dam, but they’ve warned that hundreds of thousands more people in the country’s south face severe water shortages.
On Friday, relief supplies were delivered to vulnerable families in the rural Kherson region close to the front line.
KOHIMA, Jun 16: Speaking on the Workshop on the Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS) at The Lily Hotel, Guwahati on 16 June 2023, Commissioner & Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Y. Kikheto Sema, IAS, stated that it is the desire of the State Government to provide accessible, affordable, and universal healthcare services to all its citizen.… Read the rest
Nearly three million children, the highest number on record, need humanitarian support in Haiti, where they face staggering levels of violence that have exacerbated hunger and malnutrition in a country already mired in poverty and a resurgence of deadly cholera.
“Being a child in Haiti today is harsher and more dangerous than it ever has been in living memory.