Reprisals against human rights defenders cited among 42 nations
A new report's evidence of threats and retaliation extends to 12 of the U.N. Human Rights Council's 47 member nations.
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U.S. currency dispute puts IMF role in spotlight
The IMF was thrust into a dispute over currency manipulation as the U.S. accused Vietnam and Switzerland of currency manipulation.
ASEAN hardens stand on China sea claims
ASEAN leaders pushed back at China, asserting a 1982 U.N. treaty should serve as the basis for resolving disputes over claims in the South China Sea.
U.N. warns of US$2 trillion losses to virus
Trade economists who advise the U.N. warned COVID-19 could cost the world economy up to US$2 trillion in 2020 and push nations into recession.
UNCTAD sees US$50 billion exports drop
The global coronavirus outbreak likely caused a US$50 billion decline in worldwide manufacturing exports from China in February alone, UNCTAD reported.
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.
IAEA and ASEAN to work on atomic power
IAEA said it will collaborate with ASEAN's 10 member nations on a framework for developing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
Dispute over economic sanctions ends Trump-Kim nuclear talks
The leaders had contradictory accounts of why there was no agreement on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons.
Who will be the winner of the U.S.-China trade war winner? Neither.
The biggest beneficiaries are likely to be the E.U., Mexico, Japan, Canada, South Korea, India, Australia and Brazil.
Merkel says a world without multilateralism will 'end in misery'
The German chancellor noted there's been a "certain amount of disquiet in the international system," a thinly veiled criticism of the U.S. under the Trump administration.
IMF is wary of governments piling up unsustainable levels of debt
The global financial institution has acknowledged difficulties in assessing the problem among developing nations.
The United Nations has led 76 investigations in the past 55 years
With demands growing for the U.N. chief to appoint an investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's murder, a review by Arete News found just eight previous instances of such an order.
Out of limelight, a quiet force for civilian and political rights
Three times a year, a little-known panel of human rights experts gathers in Geneva and New York with a monumental task: upholding people's civil and political rights.
Faster eco-improvement urged on multiple fronts despite financial cuts
The world's foremost international organization for financing projects on environmental change sent up smoke signals warning that 'incremental change will not suffice.'
Trump trade war erodes the U.N.'s global anti-poverty goals for 2030
Beyond the repercussions in Washington and Beijing, international organizations said the tit-for-tat tariffs will undercut a broad array of global development efforts.