
African nations pay 'extortionate' interest rates on debt, U.N. chief says
Women and girls still don't get the support they need, the U.N. chief said, and African nations cannot develop with "one hand tied behind their backs."
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Women and girls still don't get the support they need, the U.N. chief said, and African nations cannot develop with "one hand tied behind their backs."
U.S. and Chinese diplomats met for the first time since the U.S. shot down what officials called a Chinese surveillance balloon.
The agreement emerged from high-level political talks among 85 countries on the sidelines of an international summit.
The U.S. says Russia won't allow American inspectors to inspect its arsenal to ensure compliance with a post-Cold War agreement.
Despite the temptation to end the pandemic, some leading health experts say it would be better to keep up the pressure.
The border crossing allows the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations to provide food, medicine and other basic items to the 4.1 million mainly displaced inhabitants of Syria's northwest Idlib province.
Most of the world's 8 billion inhabitants prefer to stay within their nation of birth, but almost 1-in-20 have left that behind.
Journalists, lawyers, activists, fact checkers, regulators and others have been using a new tool to fight disinformation.
Proponents said its passage is critical with 339 million people in need of aid and nearly 50 million on the verge of famine.
The agreement restarts negotiations and clears the way for Chevron to resume pumping Venezuelan oil.
High prices and tight security in an 'exclusive playground': the lesser known, less-than-savory side of a climate summit.
Concerns are rising about the risk of a "twindemic" of COVID-19 and influenza as their seasons collide this winter.
With leadership under fire and a mix of crises, finance ministers and central bankers held World Bank meetings.
Indigenous communities have long coped with climate uncertainties. Researchers suggest tapping that knowledge.
ITU's next secretary-general will take over a key agency that regulates and sets standards for global telecommunications.
With 50 million 'a step away from starvation,' humanitarian groups calculate a person dies of hunger every four seconds.