Guterres calls on countries to set clear timelines for transition away from fossil fuels
“We are the first generation with the tools to end the fossil fuel age – and the last who can avert climate catastrophe,” UN...
Equality ‘ends at the doors of the Security Council’, Kenya’s Ruto tells General Assembly
Kenyan President William Ruto told the General Assembly on Wednesday that the sovereign equality the UN proclaims is contradicted by its own structures, urging...
A New Arms Race is Threatening to Take-off—this time in Outer Space
UNITED NATIONS, September 24 (IPS) – The world’s ongoing arms race is threatening to extend beyond planet earth—and spillover into outer space.The US has...
The Overlooked Fast Track for Cutting Planetary Warming
NEW YORK, September 24 (IPS) – Among the three of us, we have 15 decades of high-level experience in climate science, policies and actions,...
Right to development: A blueprint for unmet promises
Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking Declaration on the Right to Development this December, world leaders gathered at a High-Level Week meeting...
United Kingdom announces action on disinformation and global AI standards
The United Kingdom will fight disinformation at home and abroad, and work to ensure global safety standards for artificial intelligence (AI), new Prime Minister...
DR Congo Ebola outbreak toll exceeds 3,700 deaths
More than 130 days into the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health experts said on Wednesday that response...
UN health agency calls for investment boost to save young lives from cancer
More children and young people are beating cancer, but progress remains uneven across regions and age groups, highlighting the need for increased investment to...
Security Council LIVE: World leaders debate ongoing war in Ukraine
Five years of war. Another winter closing in. Today, the Security Council once again debates a path to peace – though any resolution still...
Syria begins ‘new phase of revival’, President Al-Sharaa tells General Assembly
Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that his country “is rising” on many levels, thanks to the strength of...
‘This is not about politics. This is about people’: UN warns of impact of deadly drone strikes in Sudan 
The UAE’s Great Leap: Building the City of the Future 
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