A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve, with the number of people suffering chronic hunger barely changed over the past
July 24, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off a global effort on Wednesday to end hunger and extreme poverty, aiming to make it a hallmark of
July 24, 2024
The United Nations is calling for a flurry of efforts to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures in what it calls an extreme heat epidemic
July 25, 2024
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday called for an urgent and unified response to an "alarming" rise in avian influenza in humans and animals across the
July 25, 2024
Sudan's agriculture minister said there is no famine in the country and cast doubt on U.N.-backed data that 755,000 are experiencing catastrophic hunger, rejecting the idea of
July 25, 2024
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged countries around the world to stop armed conflict as part of the Olympic truce, with the Paris 2024
July 26, 2024
The father of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is calling on world leaders meeting at the United Nations next week to stand up for freedom of the press and urge Russia to release him
September 14, 2023
President Joe Biden has a busy foreign policy agenda next week
September 15, 2023
The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden
September 16, 2023
South Korea’s president says the international community “will unite more tightly” to cope with deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, as he plans to raise the issue with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly this week
September 17, 2023
The war in Ukraine and its visiting president take center stage at the United Nations this week
September 17, 2023
For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic
September 18, 2023
The commitments were far-reaching and ambitious
September 18, 2023
An expert commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body says in her first report on Russia that the rights situation in the country has “significantly deteriorated” since President Vladimir Putin launched his war against Ukraine last February
September 18, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is “weaponizing” everything from food and energy to abducted children in its war against Ukraine
September 18, 2023
The U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders is here
September 18, 2023
President Joe Biden has made his case before the U.N. General Assembly that the world must remain united in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression
September 19, 2023
It’s Day 2 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York
September 19, 2023
The United Nations says it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities during arrests and detentions of people
September 20, 2023
A U.N.-backed panel investigating human rights violations in Venezuela says the South American country’s government has intensified efforts to curtail democratic freedoms with use of threats, surveillance and harassment as President Nicolás Maduro faces a re-election contest next year
September 20, 2023
Ukraine’s president is accusing Russia of undermining all norms of war and the United Nations Charter
September 20, 2023
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $200 million to help save the lives of mothers and children during childbirth
September 20, 2023
It was a moment the diplomatic world was watching for — but didn’t get
September 20, 2023
South Korea’s president sounded a warning to fellow world leaders about the recent communication and possible cooperation between North Korea and Russia
September 20, 2023
A 'Trump Train' convoy surrounded a Biden-Harris bus. Was it political violence?
UK firms fear tougher employment regulation, CBI says
Boeing strike could drag on as workers push for higher wages, union leader says
British PM urged to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles -Sunday Times
Mexico's violent Sinaloa state logs 19 homicides in five days
The presidential campaign season in Tunisia is officially underway a day after protests
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Jaxson Dart and No. 5 Mississippi roll over Wake Forest for a 40-6 win
Messi returns and scores twice as Inter Miami defeats Union 3-1
Patton Kizzire overcomes erratic play off tee to open 4-stroke lead at Silverado