ICC hails reversal of Trump-era sanctions
April 3, 2021
The International Criminal Court hopes to ‘re-engage’ with the United States after it revoked former Trump administration sanctions and visa restrictions.
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April 3, 2021
The International Criminal Court hopes to ‘re-engage’ with the United States after it revoked former Trump administration sanctions and visa restrictions.
March 31, 2021
Old-growth tropical forest losses rose 12 percent in 2020 accelerated by commerce and climate-related factors, according to Global Forest Watch.
March 30, 2021
The coronavirus was likely transmitted initially from bats to humans through another animal and not from an accident in a Chinese lab, scientists reported.
March 29, 2021
Amnesty International named Agnès Callamard as its new secretary general, tapping a veteran human rights investigator to lead a 60-year-old organization.
March 25, 2021
International organizations acknowledged significant delays in delivering COVID-19 vaccines to poor nations due to pressure from India.
March 23, 2021
Foreign ministers to NATO agreed to elevate the importance of global warming and other major environmental threats in military planning and strategy.
March 20, 2021
The Turkish president withdrew his nation from Europe’s first legally binding treaty on preventing violence against women and removed the central bank chief.
March 18, 2021
The U.N. weather agency advised governments against relaxing COVID-19 restrictions based on assumptions the coronavirus will decline with warm weather.
March 17, 2021
The U.S. accepted four-fifths of the almost 350 recommendations for improving its human rights record that other nations served up in a U.N. peer review.
March 16, 2021
The U.N.-backed administration in Libya transitioned to an interim government without a hitch in a process leading to nationwide elections in late December.