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Explainer: How AI helps combat climate change

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: How AI helps combat climate change 03 November 2023 ITU/Trans. Lieu An invaluable mobile app helping Kenyan pastoralists beat the drought. Artificial intelligence (AI) is already making inroads worldwide in health, education and industry, but how can this cutting-edge technology help the world combat and mitigate the effects of climate change…

Climate action: ‘Take steps to close the adaptation gap, now’

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Climate action: ‘Take steps to close the adaptation gap, now’ 02 November 2023 Unsplash/Hassan Afridhi Air pollution, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels, is a serious problem in Indian cities. Instead of accelerating to meet the challenge of rising emissions, progress on climate adaptation is slowing across the board, a new report published on Thursday by the UN’s environment agency…

General Assembly votes overwhelmingly against US Cuba embargo

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home General Assembly votes overwhelmingly against US Cuba embargo 02 November 2023 UN Photo/Evan Schneider The UN General Assembly votes on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba. The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted by a large margin against the United States’ economic and trade embargo against Cuba, first imposed in…

Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising 02 November 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Missile strikes continue through the night in Gaza The number of people killed in Gaza is nearing the 9,000 mark amid mounting concerns over the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on a densely-populated refugee camp near Gaza City, while a key hospital has stopped operations and UN…

Iran urged to end new rights clampdown following teenage girl’s death

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Iran urged to end new rights clampdown following teenage girl’s death 02 November 2023 © Unsplash/Hosein Charbaghi A view of Tehran, Iran's capital city. Iran must end policies and practices “which amount to total impunity for acts of gender persecution against women and girls”, a group of experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Thursday.…

World News in Brief: Russia pulls out of nuclear test ban treaty, climate ‘health crisis’, pushback against bullying

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Russia pulls out of nuclear test ban treaty, climate ‘health crisis’, pushback against bullying 02 November 2023 Organisation du Traité d’interdiction complète des essais nucléaires Craters and boreholes dot the former Soviet Union nuclear test site Semipalatinsk in what is today Kazakhstan. (File) Russia on Thursday announced it was revoking its ratification of the UN-…

Day highlighting journalists under fire focuses on protection during elections

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Day highlighting journalists under fire focuses on protection during elections 02 November 2023 UN Photo/Fardosa Hussein صحفيون يتجمعون للمشاركة في مؤتمر صحفي في الصومال. New data from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has revealed a worrying rise in violence against journalists during election periods, and usually at the hands of law enforcement agents.…

At UK’s AI Summit, Guterres says risks outweigh rewards without global oversight

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home At UK’s AI Summit, Guterres says risks outweigh rewards without global oversight 02 November 2023 UN Photo/Alba García Ruiz United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres attends a summit on AI safety held in London, UK. The UN Secretary-General on Thursday stressed that global oversight of emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology should be based on the UN Charter’s core…

Israel-Palestine crisis: First evacuations from Gaza; outrage grows over refugee camp strikes

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine crisis: First evacuations from Gaza; outrage grows over refugee camp strikes 01 November 2023 © WHO A patient is treated at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the south of Gaza. UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed Egypt’s decision on Wednesday to accept dozens of the most critically sick and injured from the stricken Gaza Strip for treatment.…

Rise in intimidation, settler violence in the West Bank, warns OCHA

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rise in intimidation, settler violence in the West Bank, warns OCHA 01 November 2023 OCHA Palestinian families accuse settlers of forcing them out their homes in the West Bank including in east Nablus (pictured). More than 820 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been displaced amid settler violence and increased movement restrictions since the Hamas terror attacks of 7 October and…