
Scientists find accelerating pace of glacial shrinkage in most regions
Glaciers lost more than 9,000 billion tons of ice since 1961, raising water levels by 27 millimeters worldwide.
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Glaciers lost more than 9,000 billion tons of ice since 1961, raising water levels by 27 millimeters worldwide.
The U.S. State Department said ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda can visit the U.S. only for "official U.N. purposes."
In Warsaw, ministers from Central and Eastern Europe warily eyed Russia’s military activities. In Washington, where NATO was born, China was foremost on the list of concerns.
A meeting of foreign ministers in the French seaside resort of Dinard this week will not include two senior U.S. officials.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union said members of Venezuela's parliament were barred from leaving the country.
The movement against too much artificial light at night celebrates International Dark Sky Week in April.
Venezuelans who cannot flee are in the grips of a humanitarian crisis from lack of food and basic services.
Flooding, the worst of the impacts globally, continued to affect the largest number of people, more than 35 million.
Energy-related CO2 emissions rose 1.7% to 33.1 billion tons from the previous year, the highest rate of growth since 2013.
Hundreds of millions of youth are at risk of contracting water-borne diseases because more countries suffer from conflicts.
The judgement in the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals at The Hague, Netherlands, brings to a close the legal odyssey of 73-year-old Radovan Karadžić.
A panel found Israeli soldiers used live ammunition against thousands of unarmed protesters, killing 189 Palestinians.
The announcement confirmed another important element of the prevailing theory for how the universe began.
These are turbulent times for the International Criminal Court, created 17 years ago as a court of "last resort."
Climate protests organized in 2,083 cities across 125 nations made for one of the world's biggest ever demonstrations.
U.N. Environment's global assessments are a touchstone among scientists, policy experts and decision makers.