
Western leaders' tensions with Russia, China dominate summit
U.S. and Chinese diplomats met for the first time since the U.S. shot down what officials called a Chinese surveillance balloon.
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U.S. and Chinese diplomats met for the first time since the U.S. shot down what officials called a Chinese surveillance balloon.
The agreement emerged from high-level political talks among 85 countries on the sidelines of an international summit.
Despite the temptation to end the pandemic, some leading health experts say it would be better to keep up the pressure.
Storage loss by 2050 will equal the combined yearly water use of Canada, China, France, a U.N. University report shows.
The border crossing allows the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations to provide food, medicine and other basic items to the 4.1 million mainly displaced inhabitants of Syria's northwest Idlib province.
The U.N. health agency sought information from Beijing about the COVID-19 surge as nations impose travel restrictions.
Journalists, lawyers, activists, fact checkers, regulators and others have been using a new tool to fight disinformation.
Negotiators reached a 30% by 2030 or '30 by 30' deal just as the almost two-week U.N. Biodiversity Conference was ending.
UNEP's chief describes the summit as an opportunity to 'secure our life-support system, to make peace with nature.'
Indigenous communities have long coped with climate uncertainties. Researchers suggest tapping that knowledge.
ITU's next secretary-general will take over a key agency that regulates and sets standards for global telecommunications.
At the SCO summit, China called its partnership with Russia 'as stable as mountains' despite some questions and concerns.
A closely watched U.N. report finds China's persecution of Muslim Uyghurs may constitute crimes against humanity.
Obstructed by Russia's demands, the U.N. Security Council agreed to a six-month entension for cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria.
It has been 20 years since U.N. diplomats stood and cheered when a treaty won enough support to launch the global court.
After two years of discounting the controversial theory, WHO urges a closer look into 'this and all other possible pathways.'