World Jun 27 Busy election season sees voters heading to the polls from Mongolia to Iran to Britain in coming days Even in a busy year of elections, the next few days stand out. Voters go to the polls over the next week in fledgling democracies like Mauritania and Mongolia, in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in the stalwart democracies…
World Jun 16 78 countries at Swiss summit agree Ukraine’s territorial integrity required for peace Nearly 80 countries called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in. The way forward…
World Jun 15 World leaders attend Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, with Russia notably absent Dozens of world leaders converged on a Swiss resort Saturday to discuss how to bring peace to war-ravaged Ukraine, though any hopes of a real breakthrough were muted by the absence of Russia.
World Jun 11 UN says Israeli forces, Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes in deadly raid “It was catastrophic, the way that this was carried out in that civilians — again — were caught smack bang in the middle of this,” spokesman Jeremy Laurence said.
World Jun 05 UN secretary-general calls for tax on ‘windfall’ profits of fossil fuel companies profits to help fund fight against climate change Guterres decried fossil fuel companies as the "godfathers of climate chaos."…
World May 27 World Health Assembly hopes to reinforce pandemic readiness after bold treaty project stalls WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insists it's not a "failure" and the World Health Assembly this week can still plot the way forward.
Politics May 15 In first AI dialogue, U.S. cites ‘misuse’ of AI by China, Beijing protests Washington’s restrictions A council spokesperson said the countries exchanged perspectives on AI safety and risk management in "candid and constructive" discussions a day earlier.
Politics May 13 China and U.S. envoys to hold 1st top-level dialogue on artificial intelligence The meeting Tuesday is billed as an opening exchange of views in an inter-governmental dialogue on AI agreed during a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November.
World May 10 Leaders worldwide struggle to draft ‘pandemic treaty’ to avoid COVID mistakes in the future Envoys have been working long hours in recent weeks to prepare a draft ahead of a self-imposed deadline later this month: ratification of the accord at WHO's annual meeting. But deep divisions could derail it.
World Apr 08 UN Human Rights Council calls for end of weapons sales, shipments to Israel The sweeping but non-binding measure at the Human Rights Council takes aim at an array of Israeli actions such as impeding access to water and blocking shipments of humanitarian aid into Palestinian areas.