Earth Day: The battle to save a drowning Pacific island nation
In 2025, more than 90 per cent of Tuvaluans applied for a visa scheme to obtain residency or citizenship in…
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UN General Assembly adopts landmark resolution to strengthen the work of the UN system
The move marks a major milestone under the UN80 Initiative, a system-wide reform effort to make the UN more effective,…
NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission
NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the Orion spacecraft during the crewed Artemis II mission’s journey around the…
World News in Brief: Progress on hunger in Asia-Pacific, key Gaza pipeline repaired, flu hits Europe hard
The prevalence of undernourishment in the region declined to 6.4 per cent in 2024, down from seven per cent in…
New influenza variant is surging, but vaccination still our best bet: WHO
Influenza and other respiratory viruses are surging, Dr Wenqing Zhang, Unit Head for Global Respiratory Threats at the Department of…
Over 600 million children exposed to violence at home, UNICEF warns
Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence is highest in Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, and Central and Southern Asia, reflecting deep regional…
Severe Weather Hits South Island
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Guterres highlights ‘maximum impact’ reform agenda
Addressing the General Assembly, António Guterres briefed Member States on the structural reforms and programme realignments that are needed across…
Rare ‘Crescent Sunrise’ Solar Eclipse to Grace Skies Over Antarctica and New Zealand
A rare partial solar eclipse will bring a crescent sunrise on Sept. 21–22, coinciding with the equinox. Skywatchers in New…
Rocket Lab Launches Kushinada-I Satellite to Orbit for Japan’s iQPS
In early August 2025, Rocket Lab successfully launched QPS-SAR-12 (nicknamed Kushinada-I), a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite built by Japan’s iQPS…