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UN News - Q&A
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Seller: United Nations (...) Category: News & Magazines Reviewed Version: 6.4.6
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The world is an ever-changing place; the fast pace on which decisions are made mostly in a matter of minutes that affect more or less the whole world. At times, these decisions are either made with a different purpose in mind or shown to be something it is not by the people looking for views and ratings. The truth of the story along with the actual points is often lost. If this doesn’t happen, the news might get lost for a more view drawing news. To overcome the issues that are faced by countless individuals around the planet, and also the threats it might cause, the global organization, United Nations, created a platform where the news that matters is shown and unfold. The platform is called UN News.

App Features and Capabilities
• Updates That Count: UN News Reader provides the latest updates on the matters that actually matter into the world like peace and security, sustainable development, human rights, climate change and more. 
• Multimedia: Videos, audios, images, and podcasts on the UN News app help the user and understand news with ease. The media also provides a better picture of the condition or the basis of the article. 
• Inside News: United Nations’ app for News is a source of inside news along with interviews and pictures of the UN’s office in all its glory. 
• Detailed Stories: The article available on the app is in more detail and is 100% authentic. 
• Multi-Language: the app comes in a minimum of 9 languages the articles can be translated to and used as a default language for the app. 
• Categorized Menu: The app provides a categorized menu for its users to assist in navigating to a piece of particular news or read news about a particular region. 
• Bookmarking; users can bookmark important news or articles they would like to follow and navigate to that from the side menu. 
• Live telecasting: All meetings, conferences, interviews or seminars are telecasted live on the app. 


Pros
• The app creates a portal for the United Nations administrators to get their message to the world without involving any 3rd party. This ensures the news is clean of any mixes and only what the UN says is out. 
• The Official News App served as a good way of keeping track of the official number of victims and death rates during the Pandemic hit 


Cons
• Only news record from the Members of the UNO is given. Countries that are not part of the organization are not taken into consideration while making or giving news articles. 

Other Information to Know
United Nations is a global organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War to ensure such wars do not erupt ever again. It started with 50 nations and now has 193 members. It provides a platform for the nations to provide their point of view on the situations that the world could be faced with. The UN News app was launched in 2016 and has close to 400,000 installs from all over the world.

User reviews

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App Usage:
Likes:
• The app is easy to use with a user-friendly and interactive user interface. The side menu, the live telecast portal, and the categories are all available at a minimum amount of clicks.
• It could be used as a portal for giving out news of countries that in danger due to attacks or inside circumstances.

Dislikes:
• The app is not widely known so the potential users may not be able to find out about it.
• Many glitches in the app show up during regular use.

Rated App Version: 6.4.6 Phone Used: HUAWEI - reviews Other Similar Apps Used:                                      UNDP App                                         Country: United States