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Students in Friday strike movement demand climate action worldwide
Climate protests organized in 2,083 cities across 125 nations made for one of the world's biggest ever demonstrations.
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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.
The U.N. reported losing 21 staff who worked for its agencies; other international organizations reported losing 25 staff.
The leaders had contradictory accounts of why there was no agreement on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons.
Access to Venezuela's U.K.-held gold could help determine the leader's fate as his country collapses into economic chaos.
Leaders criticized the breakdown in transatlantic relations from U.S. isolationism despite China's growing power.
The global trade federation IFPMA joined a chorus of voices saying health spending is a critical investment, not just a cost.
The U.S. will suspend participation in the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty against nuclear-capable cruise missiles.
The strategy is part of a draft report from the World Health Organization's chief on health, environment and climate.
U.N. special rapporteur Agnès Callamard requested and authorized the probe and her team now plans to visit Turkey.
The German chancellor noted there's been a "certain amount of disquiet in the international system," a thinly veiled criticism of the U.S. under the Trump administration.
Dire environmental challenges and climate change took center stage at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering.
The poll's findings ran counter to the well-publicized sound and fury of dozens of populist leaders or political parties in North America, Europe, South America and Asia.
António Guterres called for greater diplomacy, more climate ambition, better use of technology, more focus on the U.N.'s 17 major goals for 2030 and a renewal of foundational values.
Despite the exclusivity of Davos, WEF will focus on climate, inequality and international cooperation and inclusiveness.
The two organizations say far more global funding is needed to end HIV, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics by 2030.