The World of International Organizations Explained
October 21, 2019
Governments and businesses around the world including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are doing far too little to prevent violence from online hate speech, the U.N.’s top independent expert in the field reported on Monday.
October 20, 2019
Voters in Switzerland’s national elections on Sunday delivered a major boost to left-leaning Greens who support urgent U.N.-led climate action and other environmental causes in parliament over the next four years.
October 20, 2019
Amid a storm of bipartisan criticism, U.S. President Donald Trump reacted quickly on Sunday by rescinding his plan to host the G-7 summit at his own resort in 2020 and promising to immediately begin searching for another site.
October 18, 2019
The top U.S. diplomat to international organizations announced on Friday he will resign in late November, three months after a government watchdog report documented allegations he retaliated against career diplomats.
October 18, 2019
World Bank and International Monetary Fund leaders called on 189 member nations on Friday for help in easing trade and geopolitical tensions that are rattling a slowing global economy and undercutting anti-poverty efforts.
October 17, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to host next year’s gathering of the Group of Seven rich democracies at his private golf resort in Florida, White House acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney announced on Thursday.
October 17, 2019
European Union leaders unanimously approved a tentative Brexit agreement with the United Kingdom on Thursday, laying out “the framework for the future relationship” with Britain if it leaves the 28-nation bloc in November.
October 15, 2019
Maritime piracy and armed robbery dropped by 24 percent in the first nine months of 2019 compared to a similar timeframe last year but Africa’s Gulf of Guinea remains a “high risk area,” the International Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday.
October 14, 2019
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern over the fighting in northeast Syria on Monday and called for “maximum restraint” as Turkey’s military advanced on former U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters newly allied with Syrian forces.
October 14, 2019
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund opened their fall meetings on Monday to survey a global development landscape beset by a slowing world economy, U.S.-China trade war and urgent climate threats spotlighted by the plight of small island nations.
