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British envoy to U.N. links gold to Venezuela's authoritarian leader
Access to Venezuela's U.K.-held gold could help determine the leader's fate as his country collapses into economic chaos.
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Access to Venezuela's U.K.-held gold could help determine the leader's fate as his country collapses into economic chaos.
Leaders criticized the breakdown in transatlantic relations from U.S. isolationism despite China's growing power.
The extremist group is reported to still have thousands of foreign terrorist fighters among its ranks in Iraq and Syria and an 'influence' and 'intent' to launch international attacks.
The four-member U.N. team went to Ankara and Istanbul and their report to the U.N. Human Rights Council is due in June.
The biggest beneficiaries are likely to be the E.U., Mexico, Japan, Canada, South Korea, India, Australia and Brazil.
The global trade federation IFPMA joined a chorus of voices saying health spending is a critical investment, not just a cost.
The U.S. will suspend participation in the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty against nuclear-capable cruise missiles.
U.N. special rapporteur Agnès Callamard requested and authorized the probe and her team now plans to visit Turkey.
Among the proposals for reining in big tech are the creation of a new system for data oversight and a common digital market.
The German chancellor noted there's been a "certain amount of disquiet in the international system," a thinly veiled criticism of the U.S. under the Trump administration.
Dire environmental challenges and climate change took center stage at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering.
That updated forecast is down from the 3.7% growth rate from last year that had been expected to continue in 2019.
The poll's findings ran counter to the well-publicized sound and fury of dozens of populist leaders or political parties in North America, Europe, South America and Asia.
The global financial institution has acknowledged difficulties in assessing the problem among developing nations.
António Guterres called for greater diplomacy, more climate ambition, better use of technology, more focus on the U.N.'s 17 major goals for 2030 and a renewal of foundational values.
In a ceremonial handover, the Palestinian president assumed the chairmanship of the Group of 77 major bloc of U.N. votes.