Sep 19 As leaders reconvene at UN, climate and COVID top the list By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press With the coronavirus pandemic still raging in many parts of the world, leaders from more than 100 nations are heading to New York this week for the United Nations' annual high-level gathering — a COVID-inflected, semi-locked down affair that takes… Continue reading
Sep 17 U.N. says climate pledges put world on 'catastrophic pathway' By Frank Jordans, Associated Press The head of the United Nations says cuts in greenhouse gas emissions so far pledged by governments put the world on a “catastrophic pathway” toward a hotter future. Continue reading
Sep 17 Biden, world leaders try to hammer out next steps on climate By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Joe Biden tried to hammer out the world's next steps against rapidly worsening climate change in a private, virtual session with a small group of other global leaders Friday, and announced a new U.S.-European pledge to cut climate-wrecking methane… Continue reading
Sep 16 'Rapid' reduction in greenhouse gas emissions needed to curb climate change, U.N. chief says By Frank Jordans, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Antonio Guterres warned governments that climate change is proceeding faster than predicted and fossil fuel emissions have already bounced back from a pandemic dip. Continue reading
Sep 11 UN chief: World is at `pivotal moment' and must avert crises By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a dire warning that the world is moving in the wrong direction and faces “a pivotal moment” where continuing business as usual could lead to a breakdown of global order and a future of perpetual… Continue reading
Sep 05 Soldiers detain Guinea's president, dissolve government By Associated Press Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation of Guinea detained President Alpha Conde on Sunday after hours of heavy gunfire rang out near the presidential palace in the capital, then ann… Continue reading
Sep 01 Food in Afghanistan could run out this month, U.N. official says By Kathy Gannon, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press About one third of the country's population of 38 million is facing "emergency" or "crisis" levels of food insecurity, according to the local U.N. humanitarian coordinator. Continue reading
Aug 16 WATCH: U.N. Security Council urges inclusive talks on new Afghan government By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The U.N. Security on Monday called for an immediate end to violence in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the country and inclusive talks to form a new Afghan government that includes women. Continue reading
Jul 27 U.N. says its food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia's Tigray By Associated Press The head of the U.N. World Food Program says the agency will "run out of food" in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region on Friday, while hundreds of thousands of people there face the world's worst famine crisis in a decade. Continue reading
Jul 26 Climate change and conflict are fueling poverty and food prices, UN chief says By Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that climate change and conflict are both a consequence and a driver of poverty, income inequality and food prices. Continue reading