
Global water supplies stressed as rivers dry at highest rate in 30 years
The U.N. weather agency calls for urgent action to protect water supplies, the ‘canary in the coalmine of climate change.'
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The U.N. weather agency calls for urgent action to protect water supplies, the ‘canary in the coalmine of climate change.'
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts for people in Yemen ($20 million) and Ethiopia ($15 million).
Negotiators released new U.N. proposals to share revenues from drugs, cosmetics, and agricultural biotechnology.
From Gaza to the Philippines, unseasonal temps in parts of Asia shut schools, hurt crops and challenged refugee camps.
The vote undermined Moscow's claim it still has support from a silent majority of the United Nations' 193 member nations.
Heavy rains and warmer temperatures make it easier for the bacteria that causes cholera to spread, posing a major setback for global efforts to eradicate the disease.
Some 129,000 people are 'staring death in the eyes' while 11.9 million children under 5 could face acute malnutrition.
The television personality-turned-politician has burnished his brand at the expense of the United Nations for some time now.
The summit is held once every three years to examine protections for wild animals and plants traded internationally.
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Flooding, the worst of the impacts globally, continued to affect the largest number of people, more than 35 million.