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U.N. resolution seeking 'pauses' for aid in Gaza divides major powers
The U.S. blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, while Russia pushed resolutions that do not mention Hamas or Israel's right to self-defense.
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The U.S. blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, while Russia pushed resolutions that do not mention Hamas or Israel's right to self-defense.
The vote undermined Moscow's claim it still has support from a silent majority of the United Nations' 193 member nations.
The U.S. and China said they favored a statement on Gaza, but it failed for lack of consensus approval. The U.N. chief condemned the attacks and appealed for the fighting to end.
UNICEF forecasts nearly 96 million children displaced by river flooding, 10.3 million by cyclonic winds, and 7.2 million by storm surges over three decades.
The talks centered on climate, financial services and more cooperation among governments and private partners.
Football's governing body will mark the 100th anniversary of the World Cup in Uruguay, where the first was held in 1930.
The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa said the health leader was "targeted by an Ethiopian government investigation that appears to have been politically motivated."
“The path to justice for his killing remains fully blocked," said Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard.
New measurements show a dramatic decline in the health of glaciers and sea ice, perpetuating the cycle of warming.
But the world's five biggest science and technology clusters are now in East Asia; Japan's is the largest and China has the most.
Some in the developing world fear that the war in Ukraine is diverting attention away from the dangers of climate change.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden each took the stage at the U.N. General Assembly to emphasize there are global stakes in the outcome of the war.
Despite the absences, the politics of catastrophe and climate inaction toward Earth's impaired health await the assembly's annual gathering of world leaders next week in New York.
Dow Jones’ lawyers want the working group to use its mandate from the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva to investigate the reporter's highly politicized case.
Its new analysis shows each 1% cut in aid to its US$5.2 billion annual budget could push 400,000 people toward starvation.
Funding for humanitarian aid has been getting hard to find amid global economic pressures, but the needs are soaring.