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Progress is 'slow and mixed' for women joining national parliaments
IPU's chief Martin Chungong says its statistics show that 'women bear the brunt of the hate in the political space.'
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IPU's chief Martin Chungong says its statistics show that 'women bear the brunt of the hate in the political space.'
Armed conflicts and planetary crises were top concerns of the U.N. Environment Assembly, which adopted 15 resolutions.
Humanitarian groups demanded a probe into an 'apparent mass killing' at an aid drop where Israel blamed a stampede.
The bid required approval by all NATO members, including Turkey and Hungary which each won concessions.
Non-veto wielding nations have tried for years to reform the U.N.'s post-World War II power structure with little success.
The summit is focused on Europe's uncertain security, clouded by Russia's threat and America's political turmoil.
The ruling is the first of two that are expected this week from a decade of conflict-turned-war between Russia and Ukraine.
IMF forecasts a strengthening global economy as inflation cools, but warns of the threat of wars and other disruptions.
The symbolic clock will remain set at the closest point to the symbolic hour of apocalpyse it has ever been since 1947.
Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war accelerated geopolitical tensions among major powers.
Leaders departed after a week of talks dominated by wars in Gaza and Ukraine, AI and a year of elections.
Donors provided US$2.65 billion, or 67% of last year's U.N. appeal for US$3.9 billion to help people inside Ukraine.
FAO's Food Price Index tracks five commodity groups. Experts say food distribution is a worry even if supplies are plentiful.
Guyana, an impoverished former British colony, controls the Essequibo region and the US$1 billion a year it generates.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has reported that Tehran increased its output of near weapons-grade uranium.
At least 576,600 people or 1-in-4 households in Gaza are out of food and face extreme hunger as the risk of famine spreads.