US, EU pledge billions in ocean aid at int’l gab
Panama City — A global conference to save the world’s oceans kicked off Thursday in Panama with urgent calls to ...
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Nokor slams UN chief’s ‘unfair’ missile condemnation
North Korea rejected on Wednesday condemnation by the United Nations chief of its recent ballistic missile launches, saying it was ...
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UN chief: Let’s act to avoid biological weapons disaster
UNITED NATIONS—UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for action in three areas to prevent the disaster of biological weapons. ...
Read moreUN summit returns to in-person assembly to a world of divisions
The United Nations General Assembly is back in person after the pandemic disruption but in a world as full of ...
Read moreWorld paying ‘horrific price’ for fossil fuels folly—UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said developing nations were paying a “horrific price” for the world’s reliance on fossil fuels, ...
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‘A beacon of hope’
The recent agreements in Istanbul, Turkey between Russia and Ukraine to release some 20 million tons of grain stuck in ...
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