Treaty talks to save more migratory species
Delegates from 111 nations at a U.N. conference in India met to protect migratory species and their habitats at a time when nature is nearing a breaking point.
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Munich summit questions 'Westlessness'
Fears of a divided West challenged by China are a challenge and opportunity for multilateralism to show its worth, a three-day summit in Munich concluded.
Trump proposes steep cuts to global health
U.S. President Donald Trump sent a US$4.8 trillion budget plan to Congress proposing deep cuts to international organizations and global health programs.
U.N. chief sees 'wind of madness' in world
The U.N. chief warned “a wind of madness is sweeping the globe” from a dangerous surge of instability and unpredictable geopolitical "hair-trigger" tensions.
WHO teams with Big Tech to fight against the coronavirus 'infodemic'
Officials are concerned about misinformation on the outbreak, including conspiracy theories and secret cures.
WHO declares global emergency over virus
WHO said the coronavirus outbreak is a global health emergency, after the epidemic first detected in China spread to 7,800 cases and 170 deaths.
China to let WHO send in experts on virus
Chinese officials agreed to allow WHO's experts to enter as soon as possible and help to combat a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people.
TI index shows anti-corruption efforts lag
Most nations had little to no improvement last year in fighting corruption that was "more pervasive" whenever big money influenced elections or governments.
U.N. panel bolsters climate asylum seekers
Ioane Teitiota lost his case against deportation, but in its ruling the U.N. Human Rights Committee said people fleeing climate change may claim asylum.
Worlds collide: Trump, Thunberg at Davos
U.S. President Donald Trump and 17-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg seemed to be talking about two entirely different planets at WEF in Davos.
WHO says new antibiotics pipeline thins
WHO At least 700,000 people a year die from drug-resistant diseases but only 50 antibiotics exist in the medical community pipeline of potential new drugs.
UNCTAD says growth rate fell in 2019
The global economy slowed to a 2.3% growth rate last year, its lowest of the decade, from rising trade tensions and slowing investment, UNCTAD said.
Millenials fear nuclear attack in ICRC poll
More than half of all people reaching adulthood in the early 21st century believe it more likely than not a nuclear attack will occur in the coming decade.
U.N. proposes global biodiversity pact to ward off mass extinction
Negotiations began last summer in Nairobi to draft a global wildlife treaty on the scale of the Paris climate accord.
Decade of sharp rise in attacks globally on children in conflicts
The number of grave violations against children in conflicts more than doubled in the past decade from a decade earlier.
World Bank warns of crippling debt accumulation among 100 countries
Historically low global interest rates fueled the debt run-up but lowered the immediate risk of another financial crisis.