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Last month’s UN water conference has sparked renewed global attention on the management of water, particularly for domestic and agricultural uses. Water has long held a special significance in China, where it’s said that unique…
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Fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has killed around 200 people and wounded 1,800, damaging hospitals and hampering aid on Monday after three days of urban warfare. A weeks-long power struggle exploded into deadly…
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The UN has denounced the decision by a Chinese court to hand out lengthy jail terms to two prominent human rights lawyers with the world body’s rights chief, saying he was “very concerned” with the sentencing of the two activists. Xu…
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The UN General Assembly will seek the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on countries’ obligations to address climate change, following the adoption by consensus of a resolution on Wednesday. The resolution was put forward…
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The United Nations said on Tuesday that a prominent Afghan girls’ education activist was arrested in Kabul this week and called on Taliban authorities to clarify the reason for his detention. Spokespeople for the Taliban administration’s…
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Humanity is facing a “difficult truth” the UN chief said just ahead of World Meteorological Day, marked on Thursday – the damage already being caused by climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable.” He laid down the challenge to…
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Overconsumption and climate change have led to severe water shortages around the world which have become “endemic”, the United Nations warned in a report. This is creating an “imminent risk” of a global crisis, report added as two billion…
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The United States, China and Russia argued during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday over who was to blame for spurring North Korea’s dozens of ballistic missile launches and development of a nuclear weapons program. The…
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Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new UN report on climate change, after approval was held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable nations. The report…
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World leaders need to listen to and act on solid scientific guidance to urgently reduce global warming, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message at the opening of the new session of the Intergovernmental Panel on…
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