UN agency condemns ‘homophobic and racist’ monkeypox reporting
This post was originally published on this site As the World Health Organization said it expects more cases of monkeypox to be identified around the world, the United Nations HIV/AIDS agency on Sunday denounced what it and numerous public health experts called bigoted Western media coverage of a disease that...
7.1 million internally displaced in Ukraine: UN
This post was originally published on this site More than 7.1 million are estimated to have been internally displaced by Russia’s war in Ukraine, having fled their homes but remained in the country, the United Nations said Tuesday. The figure issued by the UN’s International Organization for Migration is up...
Ukraine president to speak at U.N. amid growing accusations of war crimes
This post was originally published on this site World leaders expressed outrage over reports of dead Ukrainian civilians — many of whom appear to have been executed — strewn about in Bucha, a city northwest of Kyiv. (Image credit: RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia, US clash at UN over Ukraine crisis as oligarchs threatened
This post was originally published on this site Russia and the United States clashed over Ukraine at the UN Security Council Monday, as London and Washington threatened to slap sanctions on wealthy Russian oligarchs if the ex-Soviet state is attacked. French leader Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke...
UN says climate plans fall short of Paris Agreement goals
This post was originally published on this siteThe United Nations is saying that countries’ climate plans are expected to fall short of the goals of the Paris Agreement — which sought to limit the Earth’s warming.Under that agreement, countries said they would try to prevent more than 2 degrees…
