World bankers meet amid global inflation and recession threats
With leadership under fire and a mix of crises, finance ministers and central bankers held World Bank meetings.
United Nations
Founded at the end of World War II, the New York-based United Nations is an international organization with 193 member nations. It began with 50 nations meeting at San Francisco in 1945 to maintain international peace and security. Over two months, the U.N. Charter was created as the basis for the organization's hope of preventing another world war. Founding members Britain, China, France, the Soviet Union and the United States took permanent veto-wielding seats on the powerful Security Council.
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Nations set aviation net zero climate goal for 2050
Countries set an "aspirational goal" of net zero CO2 aviation emissions by 2050 in response to pressure on the industry to do more to fight climate change.
Nations refuse U.N. debate over Xinjiang
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Confronting a world in "great peril," world leaders gathering at the U.N. General Assembly this week are being asked to set aside nations' grievances.
Modern slavery traps almost 50 million people around the world
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The Commonwealth's new head may be king of environment and climate
King Charles III, the new monarch, has long been an outspoken voice on climate, deforestation and pollution.
Austria's Türk wins approval to lead top U.N. human rights body
U.N. career diplomat Volker Türk of Austria won approval to replace former U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.
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Showdown over U.N. report on alleged China abuses in Xinjiang
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IAEA team to inspect damaged Ukraine plant
The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog dispatched a team of inspectors on an urgent mission to secure Ukraine's Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power station.
First ships sail from Ukraine in grain deal with Russia, Turkey and U.N.
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U.N. chief warns nuclear 'guardrails' weakening
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Russian attack on Ukraine flouts U.N. grain deal
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