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Progress and worry as kids' treaty turns 30
A human rights treaty that is 30 years old helped make children healthier but they still face threats like climate change and online abuse, UNICEF said.
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A human rights treaty that is 30 years old helped make children healthier but they still face threats like climate change and online abuse, UNICEF said.
France and China urged more global cooperation on climate, biodiversity and trade after the U.S. began withdrawing from the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Syria peace talks were held for the first time under the auspices of a new Syrian constitutional committee and were "impressive" enough to last another week.
Argentina’s ambassador to Austria, Rafael Mariano Grossi, will head the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency.
Voters in Switzerland's national elections delivered a major boost to left-leaning Greens who back urgent U.N.-led climate action and other ecological causes.
Amid a storm of bipartisan criticism, U.S. President Donald Trump rescinded his plan to host the G-7 summit at his own resort in 2020.
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to host next year's gathering of the Group of Seven rich democracies at his private golf resort in Florida.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, backed by Emmanuel Macron, Bill Gates and Bono, said it reached its US$14 billion pledges target.
Internet users extend to half the world, including 1.15 billion children who can benefit only if they can safely navigate it.
Some 40% of the U.N.'s 193 member nations committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, and nearly the same amount vowed to do more by 2020.
Millions of children worldwide skipped classes to send a message they want governments to lead on the climate crisis.
Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution seeking to impose a cease-fire in northwest Syria's Idlib governorate, the last rebel stronghold.
IAEA confirmed Iran is preparing to use arrays of more advanced centrifuges, in another violation of the deal.
The summit in France was overshadowed by fears of an escalating trade war between the United States and China.
Their demands call for supporting developing nations, paying for cleaner technologies, and pressuring wealthy nations.
Experts said the demise of the INF Treaty will make the job of advocating for nuclear arms control far more difficult.