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Many of our intuitions about causality are driven by a background assumption of determinism: one cause, one effect, always. But it is evident in many realms — including especially the social world — that causation is probabilistic.
Read more: https://understandingsociety.blogspot.com/2017/12/is-history-probabilistic.html
Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday congratulated George Weah on his election as the next President of Liberia, and commended Vice-President Joseph Boakai for conceding defeat.
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Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the attack that took place earlier Friday outside Mar Mina church in the Helwan district, south of Cairo, Egypt.
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29 December 2017 – Violent extremists use the Internet to attract younger audiences, to disseminate content and to foster direct dialogue with young people, a United Nations agency-backed study found, but more research is needed to find out if social media has an effective role in radicalization.
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29 December 2017 – People around the world, especially poor farmers in developing Asian countries, will benefit through the use of nuclear techniques in combatting diseases affecting farm animals and improve water management practices, the United Nations atomic energy agency has said.
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UNESCO) voiced “deep regret” on Thursday over Israel’s decision to withdraw from the agency.
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The DPS took the process one step further yesterday when it used its majority to get parliament to vote in favour of dismissing one of the council’s members, Goran Djurovic.
Read more: https://rsf.org/en/news/montenegros-ruling-party-takes-control-public-tv-broadcaster
In 2017, Fresh Air marked 30 years as a nationally syndicated, daily radio program by doing what we do best: more in-depth interviews.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2017/12/29/574507423/the-10-most-popular-fresh-air-interviews-of-2017
Every week, IRIN’s team of specialist editors scans the humanitarian horizon to curate important sources on unfolding trends and events around the globe: A diphtheria dilemma? A global shortage of the antitoxin used to treat highly contagious diphtheria could trigger an ethical dilemma for health
Read more: http://www.irinnews.org/feature/2017/12/29/drone-strikes-diphtheria-and-data-cheat-sheet
“We do protect civilians every day. We do save lives every day. We often do it under very difficult and stressful circumstances,” Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said in a recent interview with UN News.
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