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...
Iran crisis shows fossil fuels-based energy system ‘is inherently volatile and unstable’
The last major UN climate conference (COP30 in Brazil) broke up without a breakthrough agreement on phasing out coal, oil and gas – but...
UN chief warns of a world in chaos as impunity and unpredictability spreads
Speaking in the General Assembly, he said the global system was under unprecedented strain from wars, division, climate breakdown and the erosion of respect...
Shockwaves of Middle East war reach Caribbean as food prices soar
Highlighting the import-heavy status of many Caribbean islands, UN researchers warned on Wednesday that the war – and in particular the Strait of Hormuz...
Putting people at the heart of cities, key to improving urban life
Yet, amid this rapid transformation, one question rises above all: how can innovation truly serve the people, as more and more of them migrate...
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...
UN searches for solutions to global housing crisis
This includes more than 1.12 billion people living in slums or informal settlements. An additional 300 million face absolute homelessness, lacking any form of...
UN leads search for synergy on climate and development
The Fifth Global Conference on Climate and SDG Synergy, held from 5-6 September in Rio de Janeiro, was convened as commitments on both fronts...
‘Landlocked to landlinked’: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity
And increasingly, climate change is compounding the problem – damaging roads, disrupting supply chains, and threatening already fragile infrastructure with floods, droughts, and extreme...
Miss This Simple Scientific Formula, and You Could Always Get the Origin of the...
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(Georgia, USA. December 30, 2025) – What if a simple scientific formula could end our rational search for the universe’s origins?...
Global education must integrate AI, centred on humanity
His message highlighted the dual nature of technological advances such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), which offer immense potential – but also pose considerable risks.“Education is...
UN launches guide for countries to improve location-based data management to better inform decision-making
The UN Statistics Division and the World Bank launched a new guide on Wednesday to help nations worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries,...
Interview this mind-blowing expert on the science behind the Biblical account of creation
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People from all nations and all educational background including scientists, laypeople, religious and nonreligious people have been trying to understand the...
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...
Cooling La Niña could be back, but global temperatures set to rise: WMO
Latest data shared by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) indicates a 55 per cent likelihood that sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific will...
Indirect disaster effects cost the world nearly $2 trillion per year, says UN Secretary-General...
Most of the exorbitant costs of disaster are preventable with proper funding and planning —one of the main messages for this year’s International Day...
Scientific Discovery Proved Biblical Creation Timeline and Destroyed Evolution and the Big Bang Theory
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Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel of Science180.com unveils a 12-year study on the mathematical evidence of God’s existence
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel has proven mathematically...
‘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...
Ukraine Recovery Conference: UN sounds alarm over humanitarian funding
Speaking on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner said the UN and partners were continuing to deliver “critical humanitarian assistance”, focusing...
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...
Deep-sea must not turn into ‘Wild West’ of rare minerals exploitation, agency head says
Marking its 30th anniversary, ISA is the world’s authority on the deep-sea beyond national jurisdiction. Washington may have passed an order on deep-sea licensing...
UN chief calls for ‘dramatic shift’ to transform education worldwide
António Guterres was taking part in a Special Event on Transforming Education – part of the on-going High Level Political Forum (HLPF) and looking ahead...
Holding the front line against desertification
Across the world young and old are responding to this threat by adopting new approaches to working on the land that may not only...
‘Africa must continue to rise,’ says General Assembly President
In a speech delivered during a debate on African development, Assembly President Philémon Yang addressed the continent’s progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
