Invisible highways: The vast network of undersea cables powering our connectivity
The exchange of data in the blink of an eye has become a given in much of the world –…
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Can workers compete with machines and stay relevant in the AI era?
Whether you are a “doomer” or a “boomer” on the subject, it’s impossible to ignore AI, which is seeping into…
Preparing for Artemis II: Training for a Mission Around the Moon
Four astronauts will soon travel beyond low Earth orbit and fly around the Moon on Artemis II, a mission that will test NASA’s…
UN watchdog warns Ukraine war remains world’s biggest threat to nuclear safety
Addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, Director General Rafael Grossi said the agency remains focused on…
World News in Brief: Syria ceasefire welcomed, ‘Olympic truce’, Ukraine’s freezing children
“We welcome efforts to bring stability to the region and now hope for a complete end to hostilities and a…
Myanmar crisis deepens five years after coup, as military ballot entrenches repression
The people of Myanmar continue to suffer amid “widespread violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law,” as…
South Sudan: ‘All the conditions for a human catastrophe are present’
Briefing journalists based at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, Anita Kiki Gbeho, Officer in Charge of the UN…
UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by escalation of violence in South Sudan
The tensions are concentrated in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, where many deaths and injuries have been reported in response to…
‘We children saw things that no one should ever have to see’ Holocaust survivor tells the UN
Speaking in the General Assembly Hall alongside one of her great grandchildren, Mrs Lazan described her family’s journey from a…
NASA Science Flights Venture to Improve Severe Winter Weather Warnings
A team of NASA scientists deployed on an international mission designed to better understand severe winter storms. The North American…