The World of International Organizations Explained
May 27, 2019
Climate concerns have rarely if ever weighed heavily in any major election — until now, with Europe’s Greens gaining influence from voters worried about the planet’s health, according to provisional results on Monday.
May 25, 2019
Playing video games to excess at the expense of work, school or relationships can now be diagnosed as a medical condition if it lasts more than a year, the World Health Organization agreed in a formal vote on Saturday.
May 24, 2019
A century ago, a treaty signing on the outskirts of Paris helped end World War I but raised questions about the reliability of American leadership. On Friday, experts at a U.S.-led conference in Paris marking the centennial said many of those same questions remain today.
May 22, 2019
The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to demand that Britain cede to Mauritius an Indian Ocean archipelago where the United States maintains an important military base, in an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the two Western powers.
May 22, 2019
The world’s first international, non-binding standards for artificial intelligence were approved by 42 nations on Wednesday as part of an effort to guide the ethical development of our increasingly mechanized world.
May 20, 2019
Congo’s spreading Ebola outbreak, universal health coverage and questions about spending and reform topped the World Health Assembly’s agenda as its eight-day annual meeting got underway on Monday.
May 17, 2019
Council of Europe foreign ministers agreed on Friday to restore Russia’s right to participate in its Parliamentary Assembly “on an equal basis” with other member nations, a move towards resolving the international organization’s conflict over Moscow’s annexation of Crimea five years ago.
May 15, 2019
Proponents gained momentum for a new global accord aimed at keeping internet platforms from being used by online extremists to organize and spread hatred and violence.
May 15, 2019
Drought linked to global warming is a security threat to the African continent and Mediterranean region including Europe, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday.
May 13, 2019
More than 1 million people in Gaza are at risk of running out of food less than a year after the United States announced it would no longer contribute aid to Palestinians, the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday.
