General Assembly reviews global progress towards sustainable urbanization
New York: With six in 10 people expected to be living in cities by the end of the decade, the UN General Assembly met on Thursday to examine progress towards …
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Ukraine’s capital Kyiv struck by Russia as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits
Kyiv/IBNS: Russia once again attacked Kyiv with a heavy bombardment on Thursday evening as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was visiting the Ukraine capital. There was no immediate information about casualties from the strikes, which …
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Use sand resources ‘wisely’ or risk development fallout – UNEP report
New York: All countries should be aware that their development is at stake unless they take better care of a common but precious resource, found on many of the world’s …
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Western allies, NATO coordinating to get more arms to Ukraine, said U.S. defense secretary
Conference of Western allies with Ukraine president credit: @SecDef During the opening session of an extraordinary international gathering at the American airbase in Ramstein, Germany, on Tuesday U.S. Defense Secretary …
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Antarctic sea-ice expansion in a warming climate
Antarctic sea-ice has expanded over the period of continuous satellite monitoring, which seemingly contradicts ongoing global warming resulting from increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasses. In a study, published in Nature Climate …
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy presses the West for more powerful weapons against Russia’s campaign
CMEDIA: The U.S. secretaries of state Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in response to Ukraine pressing the West for …
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‘Tomorrow could be too late’: The UN calls for an immediate halt to fighting in Mariupol, Ukraine
The UN’s crisis coordinator in Ukraine called on Sunday for an immediate stop to fighting in besieged Mariupol to allow trapped civilians to leave the city safely. “The lives of …
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UN Secretary-General to meet separately next week with Putin and Zelenskyy
New York: António Guterres will be traveling to Russia and Ukraine to meet with both the Foreign Ministers and Presidents of these countries. A spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres informed …
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Ukraine: ‘Massive scale’ devastation, one-quarter of the population in need
New York: Over the past two months, Ukraine has seen “suffering, devastation, and destruction on a massive scale”, the UN Crisis Coordinator for the country told journalists on Thursday, and …
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Guterres requests meetings with Russian and Ukrainian Presidents
New York: In efforts to end the war in Ukraine, Secretary-General António Guterres has written separate letters to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to request meetings with them in …
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