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UN chief warns against ‘sequel to ‘Oppenheimer”

  UNITED NATIONS, United States, March 18, 2024 (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Oscar-winning film "Oppenheimer" on Monday…

Above-normal temperatures for March-May due to El Nino: UN

By Robin MILLARD GENEVA, March 5, 2024 (AFP) - The warming El Nino weather phenomenon that peaked in December was…

UN chief says world in ‘age of chaos’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En4DGJul9Ik By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS UNITED NATIONS, United States, Feb 7, 2024 (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that…

UN agency for Palestinian refugees sacks employees for alleged October 7 role

By Didier LAURAS and Mark Anderson JERUSALEM, Jan 26, 2024 (AFP) - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday…

Palau becomes first nation to ratify UN high seas treaty

UNITED NATIONS, United States, Jan 24, 2024 (AFP) - The island nation of Palau made history this week when it…

UN panel to grill Russia on fate of Ukrainian children

By Agnès PEDRERO GENEVA, Jan 22, 2024 (AFP) - Moscow will be asked to explain at the UN on Monday…

El Nino could make 2024 hotter than record 2023

  By Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Jan 12, 2024 (AFP) - This year could be hotter under El Nino's influence than…

UN Security Council voices ‘alarm’ at spreading violence in Sudan

WASHINGTON, Dec 23, 2023 (AFP) - The UN Security Council expressed "alarm" at growing violence in war-torn Sudan on Friday,…

UN Security Council demands ‘urgent’ aid for Gaza

By Mai Yaghi with Laurie Churchman in Jerusalem GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, Dec 23, 2023 (AFP) - The UN Security…

Navalny ‘disappearance’ alarms UN expert

GENEVA, Dec 18, 2023 (AFP) - A United Nations rights expert said Monday that the "enforced disappearance" of Russian opposition…

Israel bombs south Gaza after Hamas hostage threat

By Mai Yaghi with Chloe Rouveyrolles-Bazire in Jerusalem GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, Dec 11, 2023 (AFP) - Israel bombed southern…

Fight fire with fire: controlled burns stem California blazes

By Jenn CAIN, with Romain FONSEGRIVES in Los Angeles SANTA CRUZ, United States, Dec 10, 2023 (AFP) - In a…

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