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Bachelet condemns U.S. treatment of migrant families held at border
The U.N. human rights chief said children should never be held in immigration detention or separated from families.
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The U.N. human rights chief said children should never be held in immigration detention or separated from families.
The head of the 36-nation organization called on governments to listen to millions of people worried about climate change.
Finance leaders from the world's 20 biggest economies projected moderate global growth and recovery later this year and into 2020, but warned of risks from a prolonged trade war.
IBM, which helped develop the standards, said they offer policy guidance for governments and stakeholders worldwide.
Accelerating species losses undermine humanity's perch on the planet because all life depends on rich species diversity.
The Event Horizon Telescope pulled off one of astrophysicists' longtime dreams by documenting a supermassive black hole.
The U.N. reported losing 21 staff who worked for its agencies; other international organizations reported losing 25 staff.
The biggest beneficiaries are likely to be the E.U., Mexico, Japan, Canada, South Korea, India, Australia and Brazil.
Despite the exclusivity of Davos, WEF will focus on climate, inequality and international cooperation and inclusiveness.
In the past year at least 80 journalists were killed, 348 were detained in prison and 60 were taken as hostages.
The Group of 20's final communiqué expressed concern about the future direction of the World Trade Organization, which U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to leave.
The trade deal fulfills U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
The departing U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, a Jordanian prince and diplomat, warned people's rights must be defended amid a rise in populist-driven authoritarians.
Bachelet got involved in politics after becoming a Chilean human rights activist in the early 1970s, owing to her family becoming political prisoners and the death of her father, an air force general, after months of torture while in prison.
The report found the highest concentration of modern slavery in North Korea — and bigger numbers than previously reported in Australia, Europe and the United States.
A new pact for promoting safe migration that's supported by 190 countries has been advancing through the United Nations without participation from the United States and Hungary.