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...
People want action on plastic pollution that’s choking us: Guterres
“We are choking on plastic,” the UN chief told an intergovernmental panel tasked with devising an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution on...
Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30
As climate negotiations continue in the Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, governments, UN agencies and partners have adopted the Belém Health Action Plan, placing an...
Fight against global hunger set back 15 years, warns UN report
“The bottom line is that we are still far off-track towards the goal of ridding the world of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition by...
Biblical Creation’s Critics Will Need a New Argument. Award-Winning American Scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel’s...
Award-winning scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel (www.Israel120.com) publishes the historic equations mainstream cosmology spent centuries insisting could not exist — and the numbers match Genesis exactly:...
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...
Celebrating youth: ‘When young people take the lead, everyone gains’
But after a decade of armed conflict and amidst a severe economic depression, educational toy imports have become way too expensive for many classrooms...
Thai youth leaders push for inclusion, partnership and lasting change
Nearly 400 youth recently participated in a national dialogue which marked the 80th year of Thailand’s membership of the United Nations.The anniversary provided an...
Climate change: ‘Graveyard of glaciers’ lays bare existential threat of melting ice
Coinciding with the powerful and symbolic monument to the ravages of unchecked climate change, the ceremony on 17 August also saw the publication of The...
At Global Citizen Festival, UN deputy chief urges action to achieve development goals
“New York, I can’t hear you. Are we ready to act?” Amina Mohammed said in remarks to the Global Citizen Festival. The annual concert dedicated to...
Guterres hails Papua New Guinea as an example of diversity, dialogue and climate action
António Guterres is the first serving UN Secretary-General to visit the country, which is celebrating 50 years of independence.He praised its tremendous diversity, with...
UN leaders urge ‘maximum political will’ to rescue SDGs
Addressing the preparatory committee (PrepComm) for the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed highlighted...
COP29: ‘Now is the time to fast-track, not backtrack’ on the path to net-zero
“We need a massive global effort to steer our world onto a path to safety; you are out in the front…helping consumers, investors and...
The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter
He's not alone, from Africa's grasslands to the salt-crusted plains of Central Asia, this same story is playing out for millions of people who...
Why is the war between mathematics and physics drifting science in the wrong direction?
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Scientists have collected a lot of data on nature based on specific hypothesis, but because these data did not yield the...
From deepfakes to grooming: UN warns of escalating AI threats to children
Cosmas Zavazava, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) – one of the key agencies that drafted the statement,...
In Timor-Leste, Guterres celebrates past unity and looks to the future
The UN chief was met at the airport by Timorese President José Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão with a musical celebration and full...
Oceans of opportunity squeezed dry by unsustainable use
In the run-up to the UN Ocean Conference 2025 in June, the UN trade and development agency, UNCTAD, emphasised that oceans are essential to all life, by...
Scientifically cracking the code of turbulence
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Turbulence is one of the mysteries in physics and solving it can be very fulfilling for many scientific disciplines. But how...
‘Yawning gap’ remains between climate adaptation funds and funding pledges
That’s the main message in this year’s Adaptation Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).By 2035, developing nations will need well over $310...
Drifting architects: Plankton, climate, and the race to understand our changing ocean
On a sun-drenched morning off the coast of Villefranche-sur-Mer, the Sagitta III cuts through the cobalt waters of the Mediterranean, past the quiet marinas...
‘Africa’s voice is not heard’: Leaders issue call for equity, justice and courage
The urgency reflects a global reality – that the UN risks losing relevance in the face of today’s polycrisis – from blatant disregard for...
Science180 Launches Shocking Non-Evolution, Non-Big Bang Scientific Theory of the Origins of the Universe,...
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American scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel presents mathematical proof challenging the multibillion-year age of the cosmos by calculating the formation of Earth,...
World News in Brief: Death toll rises in Darfur, Cyclone Chido latest, São Tomé...
According to news reports citing local sources, paramilitaries from the so-called Rapid Support Forces who have been battling the forces of the military Government...
