2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts
NASA/Quincy Eggert NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation…
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Human toll of senseless conflict ‘is incalculable’, says Türk
As the world prepares to mark Human Rights Day 2024, Mr. Türk reflected on “a time when human rights are…
NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the…
Talks begin in South Korea to clinch ‘essential’ deal on plastics pollution
The meeting follows two years of intergovernmental negotiations to develop a legally binding global instrument that covers land and the…
UN expert calls for action as Marshall Islands faces dual displacement crisis
The appeal from Paula Gaviria Betancur, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, comes as the…
People want action on plastic pollution that’s choking us: Guterres
“We are choking on plastic,” the UN chief told an intergovernmental panel tasked with devising an international legally binding instrument…
UN rights council examines nuclear legacy consequences in the Marshall Islands
Research conducted by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, revealed that 67 nuclear tests performed between 1946 and 1958 by…
From vulnerability to action: Asia-Pacific leaders urge global responsibility
Prime Ministers of Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Tuvalu and Tonga underlined the UN’s role as…
What happened on Friday at UNGA: Guterres briefs on Gaza, Asia-Pacific leaders warn of ‘climate catastrophe’, delegates sign major treaties
🔵 At the Security Council, Secretary-General António Guterres utterly condemned the “horrific acts of terror perpetrated by Hamas and other…
Summit of the Future Explainer: Time to accelerate reform of the international financial architecture
“The international financial architecture is outdated and ineffective and we are simply not equipped to take on a wide range…