Sudan emergency: We need more help to prevent famine, says WFP
“Over the past six months, WFP scaled up assistance and we are now reaching nearly one million Sudanese in Khartoum…
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Myanmar on the ‘path to self-destruction’ if violence does not end
Since then, “there has been no end to the violence, even though thousands have been killed and thousands more injured,”…
Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) unveiled its flagship State of World Population report on Tuesday, warning that a rising number…
Comet-Catching NASA Technology Enables Exotic Works of Art
Consisting of 99% air, aerogel is the world’s lightest solid. This unique material has found purpose in several forms —…
Central Africa at a crossroads amid rising tensions and instability
With violence worsening in both the Lake Chad Basin and the Great Lakes, the Security Council met on Monday to…
US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief
Mr. Türk was responding to an announcement by Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, on Thursday, of measures targeting…
NASA Earth Scientist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Earth scientist Compton J. Tucker has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his work creating innovative tools…
Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres
Ahead of a memorial service at Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists that the men and women…
World News in Brief: Women’s health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala child rights violation
It warned that without immediate support, women and girls will continue to pay the price of this crisis with their…
AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress
More than 30 million people are receiving lifesaving treatment worldwide however, making the UN’s AIDS response a “clear example of…