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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China. The Secretary-General thanked President Xi for China’s valuable support to the United Nations. COURTESY OF CCTV

Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the Dialogue on Early Warnings for All in Response to Climate Change at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference Meteorological Forum in Shanghai, China. He called for accelerated progress on AI-powered early warning systems to prevent climate disasters. COURTESY OF WAIC2026

UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence appealed for calm in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir amid a wave of unrest ahead of regional elections at the end of the month. OHCHR / UNTV CH

This story takes viewers inside Tunisia's denim manufacturing sector, where producers are testing Digital Product Passport systems that compile information about a garment's materials, components and production processes into a single QR-code-based record. UNEP

United Nations spokesperson Farhan Haq told journalists in New York that the pace of returns to communities in South Lebanon “has slowed in recent days due to ongoing hostilities,” adding that “though the intensity of these hostilities has decreased, the situation continues to affect civilians and hamper recovery efforts.” UNIFEED

Journalists and recent media graduates in Gaza are increasingly relying on smartphones as their primary reporting tool as the war continues, media institutions remain damaged, and access to professional equipment becomes increasingly difficult, under a training programme supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). UNIFEED

World Food Programme (WFP) Sudan Country Director, Abdallah Alwardat today (17 Jul) said, “we are providing even not the full food ration to the people, but even that reduced food ration is being shared by the recipients with other families, because they know that they don't have any other source of income.” UNTV CH

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the third-largest on record and is spreading faster than any previous Ebola epidemic during its first two months. WHO

Displaced families in La Guaira, Venezuela shelter at a stadium turned relief site as IOM and partner agencies deliver aid following earthquake damage. IOM

“Thousands of families have been displaced, while homes, health facilities, water systems and other critical infrastructure have been damaged or destroyed,” said Lia Poggio, Chief of Mission in Venezuela for the International Organization for Migration (IOM). UNIFEED