Africa aspires to major role in the effort to combat climate change
African leaders say they have a market-based plan to fight human-caused global warming that will spread economic development among millions of people on the continent.
African leaders say they have a market-based plan to fight human-caused global warming that will spread economic development among millions of people on the continent.
'Extremely high water stress' afflicts 83% of the population in the Middle East and North Africa and 74% in South Asia.
Speakers blamed major economies for a system that puts profits over fighting poverty and caring for the planet.
The co-chairs of a negotiating panel said there's been a healthy exchange of ideas and concerns among 194 nations.
Panel members said they heard countless painful stories from victims and their families but also learned of some promising initiatives against racial discrimination.
Low rainfall and high evaporation rates 'would not have led to drought at all in a 1.2° C. cooler world,' scientists concluded.
After warning of "a full-scale humanitarian crisis" in Ethiopia, United Nations officials said 32,000 people fled Tigray region and 200,000 more may follow.
Leaders at a high-level U.N. meeting lamented the world's slow progress over the past quarter-century for advancing the rights of women and girls.
More than 30 nations pledged to help 10 international organizations raise US$35 billion for fast-tracking coronavirus tests, medicines and vaccines.
Interpol warned that organized crime has infiltrated Africa's mobile money industry as a platform for human trafficking, money laundering and the drug trade.
Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution seeking to impose a cease-fire in northwest Syria's Idlib governorate, the last rebel stronghold.
A U.N. working group called on U.S. leaders to recommit to human rights, including equal protection under the law.
The new rules prevent Caster Semenya from defending her world title in the 800 meters at the world championships in Qatar in September — unless she submits to them.
It had been 28 years since the Swiss last held such a protest, and the 1991 strike had been the biggest protest since 1918.
The centenary featured prominently at the opening of ILO's labor conference with delegates from 187 nations.
Finance leaders from the world's 20 biggest economies projected moderate global growth and recovery later this year and into 2020, but warned of risks from a prolonged trade war.