
Global Fund raises record amount but falls short of $18B goal
Reeling from pandemic setbacks, the world's largest disease-fighting fund sought money to work in more than 100 nations.
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Reeling from pandemic setbacks, the world's largest disease-fighting fund sought money to work in more than 100 nations.
At the SCO summit, China called its partnership with Russia 'as stable as mountains' despite some questions and concerns.
Entrenched racism, white nationalism, aggressive policing and xenophobia stifle the rights of Americans nationwide.
Obstructed by Russia's demands, the U.N. Security Council agreed to a six-month entension for cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria.
The street renaming honors the journalist assassinated by the Saudis because of his writings about the repressive regime.
Assassination and unlawful deportations are some of the methods that regimes use against activists and dissidents.
In a climate change twist, the U.S. weather agency finds less air pollution can cause more hurricanes.
A UN report finds wildfires are burning longer and hotter, and will likely become more frequent in some areas.
Prompted by its own paralysis over Syria and Ukraine, the U.N. moved to prevent abuse of power by Russia and other permanent Security Council members.
The U.N. health agency and other international organizations began airlifting emergency supplies to Afghanistan through neighboring Pakistan and its airline.
Humanitarian aid agencies and U.N. leaders scrambled to protect civilians in Afghanistan while calling on the Taliban to end fighting and provide assurances.
The U.N. approved a compromise to keep open Syria's last non-government controlled border crossing for aid.
The United States pledged to restore aid to the Palestinians, almost two-thirds of it earmarked for UNRWA.
International donors contributed US$1.7 billion for people starving in Yemen, an amount that leaders of humanitarian organizations called disappointing.
The U.N. took up a proposal calling for cease-fires in conflict zones to allow deliveries of coronavirus vaccines.
An unprecedented 79.5 million people - two-fifths of them children - were forcibly displaced as of the end of 2019.