
Cholera spread fueled by conflict and climate puts 1 billion at risk
Heavy rains and warmer temperatures make it easier for the bacteria that causes cholera to spread, posing a major setback for global efforts to eradicate the disease.
Heavy rains and warmer temperatures make it easier for the bacteria that causes cholera to spread, posing a major setback for global efforts to eradicate the disease.
A study finds sanctions contribute to a rise in mortality, poverty and inequality, and a decline in income and rights.
Humanitarian leaders say the risk of nuclear catastrophe is the highest 'since the worst moments of the Cold War.'
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a U.N.-brokered agreement signed between the world body, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey on July 22, 2022, will now continue at least until mid-July.
The annual average near-surface global temperature between 2023 and 2027 will likely be more than 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels for at least one year.
The 46-nation council reaffirmed support for Ukraine and initiated a register to account for damages by former member Russia so human rights victims can be compensated.
Fighting led the ranks of those who need aid and protection to swell to 24.6 million, slightly more than half the population.
The estimated annual social and environmental costs of plastic pollution range from $300 billion to $1.5 trillion.
Methoxychlor, a pesticide, and two industrial chemicals, Dechlorane Plus and UV-328, are to be eliminated.
Amy Pope will become the first woman to serve as director general of the International Organization for Migration.
The new technology accelerator from NATO quietly began taking shape a year before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
More than half of the deaths were never documented due to the difficulty of collecting reliable data on death tolls in conflict zones, made still harder by the brutality of Syria's war.
More than 4.5 million pregnant women and babies die each year during pregnancy, childbirth or the first few weeks of life.
The U.N. confirmed at least 17,000 metric tons of food – enough to feed more than half a million people – were taken.
IAEA experts at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant were closely monitoring the situation after learning the town of Enerhodar was being evacuated.
Panel members said they heard countless painful stories from victims and their families but also learned of some promising initiatives against racial discrimination.