
Council of Europe presses ex-member Russia for accountability
The 46-nation council reaffirmed support for Ukraine and initiated a register to account for damages by former member Russia so human rights victims can be compensated.
The 46-nation council reaffirmed support for Ukraine and initiated a register to account for damages by former member Russia so human rights victims can be compensated.
The fighting that broke out last month caused the ranks of those who need humanitarian aid and protection to swell to 24.6 million, or slightly more than half of Sudan's 49 million.
The estimated annual social and environmental costs of plastic pollution range from $300 billion to $1.5 trillion.
Methoxychlor, a pesticide, and two industrial chemicals, Dechlorane Plus and UV-328, are to be eliminated.
Amy Pope will become the first woman to serve as director general of the International Organization for Migration.
The new technology accelerator from NATO quietly began taking shape a year before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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More than 4.5 million pregnant women and babies die each year during pregnancy, childbirth or the first few weeks of life – one death every seven seconds.
The U.N. confirmed at least 17,000 metric tons of food – enough to feed more than half a million people – were taken.
IAEA experts at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant were closely monitoring the situation after learning the town of Enerhodar was being evacuated.
Panel members said they heard countless painful stories from victims and their families but also learned of some promising initiatives against racial discrimination.
Though the emergency phase is over, the World Health Organization's pandemic designation still holds.
The onset of a possible El Niño climate event later this year combined with rising greenhouse gases could push global temperatures to a new warming record.
Zelenskyy conveyed his confidence that Russia's leaders would someday face justice for war crimes.
The first-ever Swiss-led U.N. Security Council "open debate" mirrored GESDA's brand of anticipatory science and diplomacy as a 21st century solution.
There's a growing industry and more tools for producing and distributing disinformation. Meanwhile, authorities are getting more aggressive and hostile toward journalists.