The tiny island nation made the case that more attention must be focused on the threat of rising sea levels and gaps in international law about loss of land.
Earth's warming is tipped to submerge low-lying coastal communities and islands, including parts of the Maltese archipelago – imperiling entire nations this century.
That's a climate risk that the small island nation in the Mediterranean Sea highlighted on Tuesday as part of its U.N. Security Council presidency this month. The position passes among the council's 15 members on a month-to-month basis.
U.N. leaders hailed Pope Francis as a champion of the environment and tireless advocate of refugees and migrants.
WHO members finally reach consensus on a draft pandemic agreement after 13 formal rounds of meetings since Dec. 2021.
Talks will reconvene next week to finish a proposed global accord for the World Health Assembly to take up in May.
The loss of funding could unravel major progress since 2000 in reducing women's deaths during pregnancy and childbirth.
The military draft now looms over young Latvians to bolster NATO-allied defenses, but many have started to embrace it.
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A major financial squeeze is hitting the embattled U.N., which is owed $5.1 billion for its regular and peacekeeping budgets.
Both sides moved to suspend most tariffs on each other's goods after an intense weekend of Swiss-hosted negotiations.
