July likely to be warmest month on record: NASA scientist
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — July 2023 will probably be the world’s hottest month in “hundreds, if not thousands, of years,”…
UN chief eyes reforms to peacekeeping operations
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a “serious, broad-based reflection” on reforming the global…
Aspartame sweeteners ‘possibly carcinogenic’, says WHO
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The WHO said Friday it was now classifying aspartame, an artificial sweetener commonly used in soft drinks,…
Signs of the human era, from nuclear fallout to microplastics
PARIS, FRANCE — As scientists make the case that humans have fundamentally transformed the planet enough to warrant our own…
Paris summit to push for global debt and climate reform
PARIS, FRANCE — World leaders will gather in Paris this week with ambitions to reimagine global financing for a new…
UN chief slams ‘pitiful’ world response to climate change
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday the world is racing toward a climate change disaster,…
Record 110 million people now forcibly displaced: UN
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — A record 110 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced from their homes, the United Nations said…
No progress on biases against women in a decade: UN report
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES — Data tracking biases against women has shown no progress over the past decade, with prejudices…
Coming years ‘critical’ to slash plastic pollution: UN
PARIS, FRANCE — The world must halve single-use plastics and slash throwaway consumption to stem the tide of environmental pollution,…
Simple measures can prevent a million baby deaths a year: study
PARIS, FRANCE — Providing simple and cheap healthcare measures to pregnant women — such as offering aspirin — could prevent…