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1. Putting humans at the centre: UN AI panel begins work on global impact study

   The UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI – the first global body of its kind – is gearing up for its inaugural in-person summit. 

2. Haiti’s freefall demands urgent global action as millions face hunger and violence

   Haiti is facing “one of the most severe and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere,” a senior UN aid official warned on Friday, underscoring the need for continued global attention to alleviate suffering there. 

3. New era for space dawns as Artemis astronauts return

   After a 10-day journey around the far side of the Moon, the four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean late on Friday. 

4. Sudan: 14 million displaced; hunger and attacks on health continue as war enters fourth year

   As Sudan approaches the third anniversary of a brutal civil war, millions remain displaced and hungry while the health system lies in ruins, with no end to the violence in sight, UN agencies said on Friday.

5. Lebanon airstrike casualties ‘still under the rubble’ as ambulances, hospitals face new threats

   With Lebanon still reeling from Israel’s devastating airstrikes on 8 April, UN humanitarians reported new fears of attacks on ambulances and looming food shortages in the south of the country on Friday.