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Global Economy

Big fossil fuel producers' plans far exceed climate targets, UN says

The UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) annual production gap report measures the difference between governments' planned production of fossil fuels and production levels which are...

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South Asia

UN says Taliban to announce plans for girls' education 'soon'

A giant panda rests on a tree "panda kindergarten", a refuge for baby pandas, inside Bifengxia giant panda base in Ya'an, Sichuan province. Photo :Reuters
Environment

UN biodiversity talks end in China's Kunming with new funding pledges

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World+Biz

US will oppose UN human rights council's 'disproportionate' attention on Israel -State Dept

Humanitarian crisis in focus as Italy hosts G20 Afghan summit
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Humanitarian crisis in focus as Italy hosts G20 Afghan summit

UN says 15 dead in attempted migrant voyage from Libya
World+Biz

UN says 15 dead in attempted migrant voyage from Libya

Coming off the fence, Australian PM likely to attend climate summit
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Coming off the fence, Australian PM likely to attend climate summit

Flanked by nuclear missile, N Korean leader says US, S Korea threaten peace
World+Biz

Flanked by nuclear missile, N Korean leader says US, S Korea threaten peace

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg participates in a video conversation with Johan Rockstrom, who joins from Germany, about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the environment at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden on April 22, 2020. Jessica Gow/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
World+Biz

UN panel says it can't rule on climate case brought by Greta Thunberg

In this handout aerial photo taken on June 19, 2019 and released on October 21 by Mukta Dinwiddie MacLaren Architects shows buildings intended to accomodate members of the Rohingya refugee community on the silt islet Bhashan Char in the Bay of Bengal/ BSS-AFP
Rohingya Crisis

MoU signed on UN's operational engagement in Bhasan Char

Soldiers stand next to military vehicles as people gather to protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
World+Biz

UN fears for civilians in Myanmar after army build-up

An Afghan map with the Taliban flag an graffiti reading: 'The Emirate is the achievement of sacred ideals' is seen on the concrete walls of the abandoned U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
South Asia

UN rights body agrees to establish investigator on Afghanistan

A pro-government tribal fighter stands at a position where he fights against the Houthis in Marib, Yemen October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Ali Owidha
Middle East

UN ends Yemen war crimes probe in historic defeat at rights body