UN NEWS—Next month’s UN climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must respond decisively to the gaps in the intranational community’s response climate crisis, Deputy-Secretary-General Amina Mohamed said on Monday. Ms. Mohammed, delivering opening remarks to a preparatory meeting, or Pre-Cop, being held in Abu
UN NEWS—At the concluding segment of the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Friday in Geneva, several States seized the opportunity to address the conflict engulfing Gaza and Israel, now in its sixth day. Some 22 countries and one non-governmental organization (NGO) took the
UN News - Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and northeast Bangladesh being the highest in over 30 years. The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said in its alert on Tuesday,
In a ceremony that has become as contentious as the late former prime minister was in life, Japan paid tribute to the assassinated Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, September 27, with flowers, prayers, and a 19-gun salute — the nation's first official funeral for a former
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi tendered his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella after the collapse of his unity government, which threw the country into political upheaval and impacted the financial markets. Draghi’s resignation comes despite calls for him to remain in post, including from world leaders
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Eileen Ng— Friday’s shocking assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world’s safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation, with Iran calling it an “act of terrorism” while European leaders slammed the “despicable” attack. Tributes poured in as governments expressed sorrow
Tom Hays, Bobby Caina Calvan and Jennifer Peltz, AP News - Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that went
UN NEWS—The World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with countries where cases of the rare viral disease monkeypox have been reported, the UN agency said on Friday. The UN agency said in a statement that there were around 80 cases confirmed so far, across
STEPHEN WADE, AP NEWS— Tokyo pitched itself as “a safe pair of hands” when it was awarded the Olympics 7 1/2 years ago. “The certainty was a crucial factor,” Craig Reedie, an IOC vice president at the time, said after the 2013 vote in Buenos Aires. Now, nothing
ATLANTA (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — A white gunman was charged Wednesday with killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community, which has increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic. A day after the shootings, investigators were trying
