Drought or flooding? No match for this climate-friendly bean
As COP16 wraps up its global biodiversity meeting in Colombia this week, we are taking you to a frontline in the battle against climate change,...
Guterres urges Caribbean leaders to keep pushing for peace, climate action
Mr. Guterres was speaking during the opening of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government Meeting in the capital Bridgetown, where he called for...
Over 22,500 have suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ in Gaza: WHO
These include severe limb injuries, amputations, spinal cord trauma, traumatic brain injuries and major burns.Israeli forces pushed into Gaza in response to the 7...
Can traditional medicine strengthen modern healthcare? An expert weighs in
Exploring evidence-based uses of traditional medicine, like ginger to treat nausea, is one of the topics at the second World Health Organization (WHO) summit dedicated to traditional, complementary and integrative...
COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’
“Let’s dispense with any idea that climate finance is charity;” runaway climate change is impacting “every single individual in the world one way or...
UN warns of $4 trillion shortfall threatening global development goals
Speaking at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres, General Assembly President Philémon Yang and Economic and Social Council President Bob Rae stressed...
Gaza’s maternal and newborn health system ‘decimated’, UN warns
According to the UN human rights office (OHCHR), more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October 2023, when Palestinian armed groups attacked...
Record rise in carbon dioxide levels during 2024: UN weather agency
The surge was driven by continued human emissions, more wildfire activity and weakened absorption by land and ocean “sinks” – a development that threatens...
Nigeria: Schools should be ‘sanctuaries not targets’ says deputy UN chief following latest mass...
t was originally reported that 215 pupils had been kidnapped from St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger state, early on Friday morning – but...
Central African Republic: ‘3R’ combatants in the northwest lay down their arms
Some carried weapons of war; others ammunition – the very items on which their eligibility for the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) process they...
UN agencies warn of worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis in eastern DR Congo
The rebels have already seized the provincial capital, Goma, and reports indicate that they are closing in on the key city of Bukavu, capital...
‘Alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo
“It is the civilian population who will continue to bear the heavy toll of war daily: loss of life, sexual violence, health problems and...
Indigenous Day celebrates ‘guardians of the environment’
Indigenous Peoples represent around six per cent of the world's population, and their knowledge and traditions are believed to help solve many of today’s...
Will COP29 deliver the trillions needed to tackle the man-made climate crisis?
Can countries agree on a new climate finance target?The UN’s main climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued increasingly...
Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children’s early development: Türk
During a discussion on early childhood development, the High Commissioner for Human Rights underscored that 80 per cent of the human brain is formed...
What time is it on the Moon? It’s all relative…
Surely, you might think, we can just agree that one Earth time zone can be used for “Moon time”? Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), for...
UN airlifts a ‘lifeline’ for Burkina Faso’s communities in need
“Flying to transport food to those who need it is the most fulfilling mission I have ever done,” said UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS)...
Pollution, melting microbes, undamming rivers, risks for elders: 4 key climate issues
From ancient microbes awakening in melting glaciers to toxic pollutants unleashed by floods, the dangers are no longer distant or theoretical. They are here,...
World News in Brief: Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire, bloody weekend in Ukraine, stop hepatitis deaths
The deal was announced on Monday by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, current chair of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN, and was due to...
World News in Brief: Haiti crisis, measles surge, global torture accord turns 40
Stéphane Dujarric told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York that according to UN migration agency, IOM, more than 4,300 people have fled their homes...
LIVE from Doha: Second World Summit for Social Development
Leaders, policymakers and civil society representatives have gathered in Doha for the Second World Summit for Social Development, with the aim of renewing global...
Migrant shipwreck leaves 21 more missing off coast of Lampedusa
The boat “capsized repeatedly, leaving people clinging to the side of the boat as their family members drowned around them,” Nicola Dell’Arciprete, the UN...
UN, AU and EU leaders pledge joint push for peace and development in Africa
Meeting at UN Headquarters in New York on the margins of the General Assembly high-level week on Sunday, the leaders of the three organizations...
UN-backed forum seeks to boost resilience of world’s Least Developed Countries
The third edition of the LDC Future Forum, which opened on Monday, focusses on how these 44 nations can better withstand systemic shocks, including...
