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U.N. pushes renewables with new warming records

The U.N. weather agency confirmed the past seven years were the hottest on record in a new report that will serve as the basis for global climate negotiations.
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Media group warns of ‘fatal danger’ to democracies

Polarization fueled by Fox News-like opinion media, disinformation and propaganda is battering democracies, Reporters Without Borders said.
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Experts urge more pandemic cooperation

More than two years into the pandemic, scientists say its global impacts will not be finished with us anytime soon, particularly in developing nations.
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Wildfires sign of climate ‘tinderboxes’

Climate change is devastating the American West, where wildfire season is off to an early, ferocious start. The U.N. says wildfires are wreaking havoc globally, burning longer and hotter.
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A record 59.1 million people were internally displaced in 2021 mainly by disasters, up 4 million from 2020, IDMC reports.

The U.N. human rights office recorded 7,964 civilian casualties in Ukraine: 3,778 killed, 4,186 injured. Actual figures are likely higher.

The U.N. General Assembly voted to replace Russia with the Czech Republic on the 47-member Human Rights Council.

The G-7 committed to “phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil” after a video meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Russia’s Putin will attend this year’s G-20 Bali summit, Indonesia’s president said. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy also is invited.

 

The International Labor Organization elected Togo’s Gilbert F. Houngbo to serve as its next director-general starting in October.

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NATO bids proceed as Turkey objects

Finland and Sweden formally applied to join NATO in a “historic step” for Europe’s security landscape, even as Turkey opposed the moves.
NATO poised to expand with Finland, Sweden

NATO welcomed decisions by Finland and Sweden to seek membership in the military alliance as foreign ministers met to discuss fast-tracking an expansion.
G-7 warns of global food and energy crisis

Russia’s war in the ‘breadbasket of Europe’ threatens to cause widespread hunger particularly in Africa and the Middle East, the G-7 warned.
Human Rights Council sharpens focus in Ukraine

International investigators were directed to focus their efforts on possible war crimes by Russian soldiers near Ukraine’s capital and other regions.
Finland’s leaders favor NATO bid

Finland’s president and prime minister announced support for immediately applying to join NATO, a major reversal due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
UNOPS chief resigns over lost millions

The head of a U.N. agency that last year oversaw US$3.4 billion in projects resigned over questions into tens of millions of dollars in agency spending.