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‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns...
Despite two decades of worldwide efforts, more than 4,000 precious wildlife species still fall prey to trafficking every year, a new...
Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN underscores $2.8 billion...
Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah in the last week amid continuing Israeli bombardment that has crippled humanitarian aid deliveries...
Nearly 2,000 children killed in Ukraine war: UNICEF
Nearly 2,000 children in Ukraine have lost their lives amidst ongoing and escalating war, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on...
Calls for sustained peace efforts in Yemen as cholera outbreak...
The suffering of civilians in Yemen, a country enduring nearly a decade of conflict, remains severe and is worsened by a growing cholera...
First Person: Why indigenous peoples can help save the...
On Mother Earth Day, marked annually on 22 April, Naw Ei Ei Min, a member of Myanmar’s indigenous Karen people, explains why indigenous...
First Person: Saving the Earth from space
Ahead of International Mother Earth Day, observed on 22 April, NASA’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Katherine Calvin, shared her terrestrial...
First Person: Aboriginal Australians suffer from ‘violent...
Decisions made at the UN can push governments to improve the rights of indigenous peoples, who still face discrimination, says Aboriginal...
Human, economic, environmental toll of climate change on...
The relentless advance of climate change brought more drought, flooding and heatwaves to communities around the world last year, compounding...
UN coordinator calls for urgent ‘humanitarian pauses’ in...
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan issued a strong statement on Friday calling on both sides in the military power struggle...
Diane Abbott suspended as Labour MP after racism letter
The MP says she apologises "for any anguish caused" and wishes to "unreservedly" withdraw her remarks.