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Syria has urged the international community to defend its sovereignty against Israeli attacks, pledging to fulfil its international obligations and rebuild trust following decades of rule by the ousted regime. Addressing the UN General…
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The world must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 18% by 2030 to limit the severity of global warming and create a pathway back towards the 1.5°C climate target, according to a new United Nations report. The warning comes as…
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More than 800,000 people in Somalia could be forced to leave their homes over the next three months due to flooding, the UN migration agency warned Wednesday. Somalia is entering a rainy season expected to bring above-average rainfall,…
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The world is on course for a temperature rise of 2.6°C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, even if countries fulfil their existing climate commitments, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned in its…
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The United Nations is launching a new international initiative to address the growing risks posed by the military use of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that the rapidly advancing technology could leave increasingly little room for…
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Around 130 million people could be pushed into poverty this year as soaring energy and food prices, rising borrowing costs and an intense El Niño phenomenon threaten to deepen economic hardship in vulnerable countries, the United Nations…
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India on Tuesday hit back at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over its remarks on New Delhi’s action against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), accusing the group of being…
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Nearly 8.3 million refugees and other forcibly displaced people could lose vital assistance as the UN refugee agency UNHCR faces a severe funding shortfall, the agency warned Tuesday. UNHCR said its ability to protect and assist refugees,…
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The United Nations should place greater emphasis on preventing and ending wars as part of the global effort to address climate change, environmentalist and writer Bharati Chaturvedi has argued. Writing in Hindustan Times, Chaturvedi said…
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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Saturday in what was believed to be their first face-to-face meeting since Russia launched its full-scale…
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