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UNITED NATIONS — The deadliest place for women is at home and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last year, two U.N. agencies reported Monday. Globally,…
A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea. Here’s what to know about the plastic pollution treaty: READ MORE: ‘Existential challenge’: Plastic pollution treaty…
Busan, South Korea—A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opened on Monday, with the diplomat chairing the difficult negotiations urging nations to “meet an existential challenge.” The meeting opens just hours after a…
The United Nations on Tuesday called on the international community to “flood” Gaza with aid amid reports that children are dying of starvation in the war-torn territory. “With children starting … to die from starvation, that should…
United Nations, United States—Sixty-nine million children — or more than one in five — live in poverty in the world’s 40 richest countries UNICEF said in a report released Wednesday, blasting Britain and France for their particularly bad…
DUBAI—Countries at the COP28 climate conference are considering calling for a formal phase-out of fossil fuels as part of the U.N. summit’s final deal to tackle global warming, a draft negotiating text seen on Tuesday, December 5,…
Weather disasters fueled by climate change — from floods to droughts, storms to wildfires — sparked 43.1 million child displacements from 2016 to 2021, the UN Children’s Fund warned Thursday, October 5, 2023, slamming the lack of…
KHARTOUM — Western, Arab, and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from Sudan on Monday as the UN chief warned of the risk of “a catastrophic conflagration’ with wider repercussions and urged international powers to exert…
Bangkok, Thailand — Dozens of people in central Myanmar were killed in air strikes Tuesday, according to local media reports and a witness contacted by AFP, as the United Nations urged the military to end its “campaign…
In what is known as the wild west of oceans, piracy used to reign supreme until about 300 years ago. The “high seas” evoke images of adventure, the unknown, and danger. Today, the high seas refer to…
GENEVA, Switzerland — The United Nations rights chief on Saturday warned that recent advances in artificial intelligence or AI posed a grave threat to human rights and called for safeguards to prevent violations. This week, more than…
MANILA, Philippines—As most Grade 5 students in the Philippines and its poorer neighbors do not have the minimum reading and mathematical skills expected at the end of primary education, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) stressed the…
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