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In tonight's edition :Unicef issues it largest ever emergency funding appeal. It says it needs 4.2 billion dollars to help close to 60 million children across the globe, including several African nations. The United States is moving toward a normalisation of diplomatic relations with Sudan. For the first time in 23 years, the US will have an ambassador in Khartoum. And a Senegalese tribunal sentences the head of a Koranic school to a two-year suspended sentence. The man was found guilty of chaining children inside the school.
The United Nations on Friday launched a record $5.2-billion aid appeal to fund operations in Syria and neighbouring nations, warning that the number of people caught up in the brutal conflict would spiral to 10 million. Duration: 01:13
The European Union is hosting a pledge marathon aimed at seeking 7.5 billion euros for research, testing and treatment of the coronavirus. Individual states, private institutions and companies are being asked to galvanise for fundraising. Europe editor Catherine Nicholson says that, notably, China and the United States are not part of the initiative.
Americans flock to snap up last-minute tickets in the final countdown to Wednesday's Powerball lottery drawing, which could see one lucky winner walk off with a world record $1.5 billion jackpot.
Braving the 2°C waters, Chilean swimmer Barbara Hernandez has set a new record by becoming the first person to swim 2.5 kilometres in Antarctic Ocean waters.
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