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Sudden escalation of trade tensions sends shockwaves through global economy

5 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Sudden escalation of trade tensions sends shockwaves through global economy 15 May 2025 © ILO/Priscilla Konadu Mensah Shea butter producer, Ghana (file) Amid escalating trade tensions and growing policy uncertainties, the global economy stands at a fragile turning point, according to a new report on Thursday from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA…

UN needed ‘more than ever before’ says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly

5 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN needed ‘more than ever before’ says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly 15 May 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Former Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of Germany speaks during the General Assembly informal interactive dialogue with the candidate for the position of President of the General Assembly for the eightieth session. The former Foreign Minister of Germany outlined her vision…

‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out

5 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out 15 May 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe/Loey Filipe Sung Eui Lee (left), daughter of Jong Ryung Lee, and Ruby Chen, father of Itay Chen, address the Security Council. Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken during the Korean War, the other pleading for a son’s return from…

Gaza: New displacement orders force thousands to flee as famine looms

5 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: New displacement orders force thousands to flee as famine looms 15 May 2025 UN News Two children in Gaza City. Humanitarian partners have also witnessed soaring malnutrition levels among children. Intensified hostilities continue in the Gaza Strip, bringing further death, displacement and destruction as the weeks-long aid blockade grinds on, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA)…

A historic course correction: How the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero

6 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home A historic course correction: How the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero 14 May 2025 © Unsplash/Chris Linnett The global shipping sector is a vital engine of world trade—and a significant contributor to the climate crisis, responsible for nearly 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Long overlooked as a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping…

8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF

6 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home 8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF 14 May 2025 UNICEF/Chris Farber/UNICEF via Getty Images UNICEF’s ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at the UN Headquarters in New York. Each empty desk and chair represents the million children living in countries where schools have been almost entirely closed. Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw…

UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital

6 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital 14 May 2025 © WHO United Nations agencies like the World Health Organization, continue to support the people of Gaza The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday.…

In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount

6 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount 14 May 2025 UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz UN peacekeepers conduct a foot patrol along the Blue Line in southern Lebanon. More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level ministerial summit in Berlin on Wednesday, pledging military, tech and political support…

Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’

6 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’ 14 May 2025 © UNICEF/Amin Meerzad A mother fills a prescription for her child at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. (file photo) In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group of teenage girls were given potentially life-saving reproductive health advice, excited by the small kit of…

‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots'

6 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots' 14 May 2025 Crown Copyright A UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is pictured airborne over Afghanistan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight –…