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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that “egoism” on the part of some countries has been holding up a global agreement on protecting the world’s oceans.

“There is a real risk that multiple famines will be declared in 2022,” he said in a...

The head of the United Nations has warned the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around the globe.

European Union lawmakers are requiring deeper emission cuts from power plants, factories and planes in Europe while endorsing an unprecedented import tax to step up the fight against global warming.

Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the United Nations’ biggest and most perilous peacekeeping operations, the force sent to help Mali contend with a decade-long Islamic extremist insurgency.

Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world.”.

“I’m using every lever available to me to bring down prices for the American people,” President Biden said in the meeting.

Equating the oil and gas industry to Big Tobacco, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that “fossil fuel producers and financiers have humanity by the throat.”.

Rich countries including the European Union and the United States have pushed back against efforts to put financial help for poor nations suffering the devastating effects of global warming firmly on the agenda for this year’s U.N. climate summit

Rich countries including the European Union and the United States have pushed back against efforts to put financial help for poor nations suffering the devastating effects of global warming firmly on the agenda for this year’s U.N. climate summit.

The head of the United Nations has warned of a “dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it.

In remarks delivered via video to the Austrian World Summit in Vienna, Antonio Guterres issued a sobering assessment of the planet's prospects.

The U.N. human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, says she will not seek a new four-year term after the current one that has been overshadowed by criticism of her response to China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in western Xinjiang

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European Council President Charles Michel is accusing Russia of using food supplies as “a stealth missile against developing countries” and blaming the Kremlin for the looming global food crisis

Better climate-related research and early warning systems are needed as extreme weather — from cyclones to drought — continues to inflict the African continent, said Sudanese billionaire and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim, who heads up his own foundation.

Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed when their armored personnel carrier hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali in the sixth incident in less than two weeks targeting the U.N. mission in the West African nation that has faced a decade-long Islamic insurgency

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is renewing his calls for an immediate halt to violence on the 100th day of the war in Ukraine.

Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye.”.

The United Nations says a U.N. peacekeeping convoy was attacked by suspected terrorists in northern Mali, with one Jordanian peacekeeper killed and three others wounded

The United Nations says it is naming the annual training program for Palestinian broadcasters and journalists after Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead May 11 during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank

The head of the United Nations is imploring graduating college students to reject jobs at companies that fund the fossil fuel industry he described as “killing our planet.”.

The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program is telling billionaires it’s “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises because of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Joe Biden’s approval rating dipped to the lowest point of his presidency in May, a new poll shows, with deepening pessimism emerging among members of his own Democratic Party.

The Italian government has prepared a plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine, La Repubblica reports with reference to the document.

The United Nations chief says that with global hunger levels at a new high, he is in “intense contacts” with Russia and other key countries hoping for an agreement to allow the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports and ensure Russian food and fertilizer has unrestricted access to global markets

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he's in “intense contacts” with Russia and other countries to stop escalating global hunger exacerbated by the war in Ukraine by allowing the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports and ensuring Russian food and fertilizers have unrestricted access to world markets.

The United Nations is significantly lowering its forecast for global economic growth this year from 4% to 3.1%.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is launching a five-point plan to jump-start broader use of renewable energies as the U.N. weather agency reported that greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat, sea-level rise, and ocean acidification reached record highs last year.

Russia has "considerable firepower" and it's dangerous to talk about defeating the country, Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University said.

Aid agencies are warning that acute malnutrition is on the rise in northeast Nigeria

Aid agencies are warning that acute malnutrition is on the rise in northeast Nigeria.

An adviser to Ukraine’s president is interpreting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day speech as indicating that Russia has no interest in escalating the war through the use of nuclear weapons or direct engagement with NATO.

The United Nations chief has accepted the resignation of the head of a U,N

Dozens of Ukrainians are feared dead after a Russian bomb destroyed a school sheltering about 90 people in eastern Ukraine.

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted its first statement since Russia’s military action began on Feb. 24, expressing “strong support” for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ efforts to find a peaceful solution to the “dispute” in Ukraine

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted its first statement since Russia’s military action began on Feb. 24, expressing “strong support” for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ efforts to find a peaceful solution to the “dispute” in Ukraine.

Dozens more civilians have been rescued from the tunnels under the besieged steel plant where Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol are making their last stand.

U_N_ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging the world to unite and end the war in Ukraine, calling it senseless, ruthless and “limitless in its potential for global harm.”

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged international donors to sustain funding for humanitarian operations in Africa and across the world even as they respond to the Ukraine crisis

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged international donors to sustain funding for humanitarian operations in Africa and across the world even as they respond to the Ukraine crisis.

The U.N. chief is calling for Lebanon’s parliamentary elections on May 15 to be “free, fair transparent and inclusive

Residents say Islamic extremists attacked a village in Borno state in northeast Nigeria, killing at least seven people

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lauded Nigerian authorities' efforts to reintegrate repentant Boko Haram militants, saying the initiative is “the best thing we can do for peace.”.

To start his three-nation tour of West Africa, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on rich countries to increase their investments in Africa as the continent recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and is impacted by the war in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Russian troops not to fight in Ukraine.

The U.N. Security Council  has voted unanimously to extend the U.N. political mission in Libya for three months, with the United States and Britain accusing Russia of blocking a longer and more substantive mandate that would include promoting reconciliation of the country’s rival governments now claiming power

Good morning. Vladimir Putin is set to declare all-out war on Ukraine as his military chiefs seek "payback" for their invasion failures, according to Russian sources and Western officials.

The U.N. says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will head to West Africa on Saturday to join Muslims marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan and to highlight the impact of the Ukraine war on the African continent

"It is a war zone but it is shocking that it happened close to us," Saviano Abreu, a spokesman for the U.N.'s humanitarian office, was quoted saying. The attack killed one person: a journalist.

A senior U.S. defense official says the Russian offensive is going much slower than planned in part because of the strength of the Ukrainian resistance.

The United Nations is working doggedly to broker an evacuation of civilians suffering in the ruins of Mariupol.

Valentyna Romanenko - Thursday, 28 April 2022, 23:54 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit 15 air targets of the Russian aggressors on Thursday, April 28. Source: Air Force Command spokesman, Yurii Ihnat on Facebook Quote: "On April 28, the enemy increased its forces and assets both on the ground and in the sky.

OLENA ROSHCHINA - THURSDAY, 28 APRIL 2022, 15:36 A railway bridge that the Russian military have been using to deliver weapons and fuel from occupied Crimea has been blown up in Yakymivka, Melitopol district, Zaporizhzhia Region, according to local media reports.

New attacks hit Ukraine as the leader of the United Nations, ahead of a visit to Kyiv, said it was Russia's responsibility to end the 9-week-old war.

For the first time, key players seeking accountability for atrocities during the Ukraine war have come together at an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council to spur investigations into abuses that many Western countries blame on Russia.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met one-on-one for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine

The U.S. envoy to the U.N. says the resolution would help address Russia's "shameful pattern of abusing its veto privilege" on the Security Council.

Olena Roshchina - Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 15:48 Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Mariupol city in southern Ukraine has already been seized by the Russian army and hostilities have ended there.

Moscow says the threat of nuclear war 'should not be underestimated' if the West keeps arming Ukraine, and accuses NATO of fighting Russia by proxy.

As Russian forces intensify their shelling of eastern Ukraine, more people are leaving their homes in search of safety.

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Ukraine’s foreign minister is urging U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres to press Russia for an evacuation of the besieged port of Mariupol when he visits Moscow on Tuesday

Ukraine's leader has questioned the wisdom of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' decision to meet Putin before coming to Ukraine.

Ukraine's leader has questioned the wisdom of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' decision to meet Putin before coming to Ukraine.

U.S. officials say Washington had approved a $165 million sale of ammunition for Ukraine's war effort, along with more than $300 million in foreign military financing.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is warning that Ukraine risks provoking World War III, saying the threat of a nuclear conflict “should not be underestimated.”.

Russia has unleashed a string of attacks against rail and fuel facilities deep inside Ukraine in an apparent attempt to thwart Ukrainian efforts to marshal supplies.

Russian forces tried to storm a steel plant sheltering soldiers and civilians in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday.

The United Nations says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to meet separately with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine next week to make an urgent plea for peace.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for a four-day “humanitarian pause” in fighting in Ukraine, starting Thursday to coincide with Orthodox Christians’ Holy Week observances

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is appealing for a halt in fighting in Ukraine during Orthodox Christians’ Holy Week.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told Ukrainians they should be proud of having survived 50 days under Russian attack when the Russians gave them “a maximum of five.”.

The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet sank after it was heavily damaged in the latest setback for Moscow’s invasion.

A U.N. task force warns that Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions

A U.N. task force warns that Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions.

The U.N. paid Russia $2.5 billion for things like transport services and equipment in the 8 years leading up to Putin's latest invasion. Those contracts continue.

The report found efforts to cut emissions require a swift end to fossil fuels and increase in renewable energy, among other measures.

Civilian evacuations are moving forward in patches of battle-scarred eastern Ukraine a day after a missile strike killed at least 52 people at a train station where thousands were waiting to leave before an expected Russian onslaught.

Pres. Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian leaders say this was another example of Russia's military deliberately targeting civilians, which Russia denies.

The United Nations’ humanitarian chief says he is not optimistic about securing a ceasefire to halt the fighting in Ukraine.

Ukraine's president warned the world had yet to see the full scale of Russia's atrocities, and he said if the U.N. fails to stop the onslaught, it will become obsolete.

The British government has ordered scientists to take a new look at the risks of fracking.

The world watched uneasily on Feb. 24 when Russian troops, under the orders of President Vladimir Putin, invaded Ukraine. "The prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said March 14. Nearly 70% of Americans surveyed by the American Psychological Association said they "are worried the invasion of Ukraine is going to lead to nuclear war, and that they fear that we are at the beginning stages of World War III." Researchers estimate there are approximately 12,700 nuclear weapons spread between nine countries, with the United States and Russia holding the majority.

President Joe Biden has approved a $100 million transfer of Javelin anti-armor missiles to Ukraine on Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.N. Security Council for the first time Tuesday at a meeting that is certain to focus on what appear to be widespread deliberate killings of civilians by Russian troops

The war in Ukraine has put a spotlight on the U.N. Security Council’s failure to stop Russia’s aggression and carry out its mandate to ensure international peace and security.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.N. Security Council for the first time Tuesday at a meeting that is certain to focus on what appear to be widespread deliberate killings of civilians by Russian troops

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.N. Security Council for the first time Tuesday at a meeting that is certain to focus on what appear to be widespread deliberate killings of civilians by Russian troops.

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"It is a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put us firmly on track towards an unlivable world," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

A new report from the UN’s top body of climate scientists is warning that temperatures will go beyond a key danger point unless countries worldwide cut greenhouse emissions faster than they are currently committed to doing.

The U.N. envoy to Yemen says the country’s warring parties have accepted a two-month truce, starting with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The head of the United Nations has announced the appointment of an expert panel to scrutinize companies’ efforts to curb climate change.

The head of the United Nations says nearly all Afghans don’t have enough to eat and some have resorted to “selling their children and their body parts” to get money for food.

While there are many efforts to have the war in Ukraine to end, there is still violence happening every day.

The head of the International Renewable Energy Agency says “radical action” is needed to shift away from fossil fuels and ensure global warming doesn’t pass dangerous thresholds.

Ukraine’s U_N_ Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya told the U_N_ Security Council on Tuesday that the “demilitarization of Russia is well under way.”.

A second front line in Russia's war runs through the farmland of western Ukraine far from the fighting.

Russia’s military says it will “fundamentally” cut back operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, as talks brought a possible deal to end a grinding war into view.