
World bankers meet amid global inflation and recession threats
With leadership under fire and a mix of crises, finance ministers and central bankers held World Bank meetings.
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With leadership under fire and a mix of crises, finance ministers and central bankers held World Bank meetings.
Reeling from pandemic setbacks, the world's largest disease-fighting fund sought money to work in more than 100 nations.
Obstructed by Russia's demands, the U.N. Security Council agreed to a six-month entension for cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria.
Prompted by its own paralysis over Syria and Ukraine, the U.N. moved to prevent abuse of power by Russia and other permanent Security Council members.
Humanitarian aid agencies and U.N. leaders scrambled to protect civilians in Afghanistan while calling on the Taliban to end fighting and provide assurances.
The U.N. approved a compromise to keep open Syria's last non-government controlled border crossing for aid.
Paris-based IEA advised that limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius requires an immediate and massive transformation of all energy systems.
International donors contributed US$1.7 billion for people starving in Yemen, an amount that leaders of humanitarian organizations called disappointing.
CERN's atom smasher will restart for the first test beams in May 2021, two months later than planned, and operate from March 2022 until the end of 2024.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s selection of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to serve as ambassador to the U.N. signals America's pivot back to multilateralism.
Libya’s two main warring factions agreed to hold nationwide elections on December 24, 2021, the U.N. acting envoy for Libya said.
International organizations and European governments pledged to broaden access to vaccines among poorer nations at the third annual Paris Peace Forum.
The top U.N. official for global climate action said 65% of the world body's 193 member nations will seek net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Elected 46th president of the United States on Saturday, Democrat Joe Biden signaled policy reversals to combat the pandemic and global warming.
The U.S. became the first nation to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement, jeopardizing efforts at curbing the worst impacts of global warming this century.
WHO's chief said he will self-quarantine because he was identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19, as a second wave hits Europe.