Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals
The Football for the Goals Forum brought UN leaders and some of the top voices in the world’s most popular sport to UN Headquarters...
Social development, up close: UN News goes inside the Doha summit
At the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha, our team piloted a quick, digestible format designed to bring readers closer to the...
One in four still lacks access to safe drinking water and sanitation
The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and children’s agency (UNICEF) issued as World Water Week gets underway, highlights persistent gaps in access, with...
LIVE: World leaders in Sevilla launch ambitious push to finance the future
From rising debt and shrinking investment, to the aid funding crisis and struggles to meet ambitious development goals, the global financial system is failing...
‘The world is watching’: Guterres and Lula urge unity as COP30 talks near deadline
Amid reports of deadlocks on fossil fuels, climate finance and other key issues, both leaders urged negotiators to act decisively on phasing out fossil...
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...
Spirit of resilience braces desertification winds in Saudi Arabia
The deserts of Saudi Arabia are amongst the largest in the world and controlling the natural migration of sand has always been a challenge...
UN deputy chief demands bold policies, innovative solutions for SDGs
Addressing the opening of the 2024 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), Amina Mohammed called for transformative actions and bold policies to address...
Trust collapsing as job fears surge worldwide, warns UN
According to the World Social Report 2025 launched on Thursday, the sobering sentiment indicates a widespread lack of confidence in the future.Despite people living...
‘No end’ expected to floods and storms as global heating continues
“Water-related hazards continue to cause major devastation this year,” said Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-General. “The latest examples are the devastating monsoon flooding in Pakistan,...
‘Cooperation is humanity’s greatest innovation,’ UN chief declares at BRICS summit
Speaking at the 17th BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he emphasised the human impact of environmental devastation and climate change. And as...
Over a billion fear losing land and homes within five years
The finding comes in a UN-backed report that underscores the need for stronger political commitment and inclusive policies around land rights amid growing focus on climate change, biodiversity protection,...
UNGA hosts first ever development finance summit to boost SDGs
“This Biennial Summit is not just another meeting,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres. “It is the first of its kind.”Attended by top politicians,...
UN weather agency warns of record ‘climate imbalance’ as planetary warming accelerates
Hot on the heels of a scorching decade, the UN’s weather agency has said that the planet’s climate is “more out of balance than...
Scientifically unchaining the power of the turbulence code that cracked the universe formation
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Scientists and engineers have long known that cracking the code of turbulence would be highly gratifying, but they did not know...
World News in Brief: Hunger in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, climate and displacement...
Across the region, nations face food-related challenges notably due to geographical remoteness, lack of local available resources and exposure to climate change. “The Caribbean is...
11-year streak of record global warming continues, UN weather agency warns
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Wednesday that 2025 was one of the three warmest years on record, continuing the streak of extraordinary global...
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...
World News in Brief: Aid for Syria, children under attack in Mozambique, rights-based climate...
Despite limited resources, the UN and partners are reaching some 2.5 million people each month across the country. In May alone, more than one...
The Science of Decoding the Universe-Origin: How to find truth, joy, and accuracy at...
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Surveys on people’s belief showed that most Americans don’t literally believe in the Biblical account of creation. Some think that God...
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,...
Groundbreaking report reveals powerful link between poverty and the climate crisis
That’s according to a report released on Friday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford University ahead of the COP30 climate summit in...
UN chief offers condolences amid devastating wildfires in California
The fires, described as some of the worst in the city’s history, have burned thousands of acres, destroyed homes and left firefighters battling to...
Cities now home to nearly half of humanity: UN report
In 1950, the global population stood at 2.5 billion and just 20 per cent were city dwellers. By 2050, two-thirds of global growth is...
