
IPBES ties pandemic risks to nature crisis
Pandemics will become more frequent, faster-spreading and deadlier than COVID-19 if Earth’s natural life support systems are not restored, IPBES reported.
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Pandemics will become more frequent, faster-spreading and deadlier than COVID-19 if Earth’s natural life support systems are not restored, IPBES reported.
Fifty nations ratified a treaty to ban nuclear weapons that will enter into force in 90 days, the U.N. confirmed on the same day it was founded 75 years ago.
The signatories to the Iran nuclear deal allowed a U.N.-imposed embargo on arms trade with the nation and some travel bans to expire as planned.
The pandemic-hit global economy is expected to contract by as much as 4.4% this year, the International Monetary Fund forecast.
Leaders at a high-level U.N. meeting lamented the world's slow progress over the past quarter-century for advancing the rights of women and girls.
Chinese President Xi Jinping told the U.N. that his nation — the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases — plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
The U.S. followed through on its threat to unilaterally restore sanctions against Iran, defying widespread international criticism.
The Trump administration said it will steer clear of a multilateral effort to accelerate the development and production of COVID-19 vaccines.
Amid rising tensions on the U.N. Security Council over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, IAEA and Tehran said Tehran will allow inspectors at two nuclear sites.
The U.N. Security Council rejected the Trump administration's attempt to use the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to restore international sanctions against Tehran.
The world reached a staggering milestone surpassing 20 million COVID-19 cases with 736,000 deaths — a doubling of 10 million cases in just over six weeks.
China announced economic sanctions on 11 NGO leaders and U.S. lawmakers, in a retaliatory move against outspoken critics of its crackdown on Hong Kong.
WHO's chief denounced U.S. allegations he is subservient to the Chinese government and helped cover up Beijing's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The U.N. Security Council, bowing to Russia, constricted aid for Syrians in areas still beyond Syrian government control to just one Turkish border crossing.
Eight Bosnian men and boys killed 25 years ago were laid to rest outside Srebrenica, a reminder that justice for genocide victims comes slowly, if at all.
Nations and public health critics denounced the Trump administration's announced U.S. departure from WHO as an irresponsible and wrong-headed move.