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Proposed mine tests UK climate efforts ahead of UN meeting
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October 25, 2021
Proposed mine tests UK climate efforts ahead of UN meeting
WHITEHAVEN, England (AP) — In the patchwork of hills, lakes and sea that makes up England’s northwest corner, most people…
After fleeing fighting in Marib, displaced Yemenis await help
Middle East
October 23, 2021
After fleeing fighting in Marib, displaced Yemenis await help
MARIB, Yemen, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Iman Saleh Ali and her family left al-Jubah in the dead of night with…
UN: 10,000 children killed or maimed during Yemen’s long war
Middle East
October 20, 2021
UN: 10,000 children killed or maimed during Yemen’s long war
GENEVA (AP) — More than 10,000 children in Yemen have been killed or injured in violence linked to years of…
Yemen’s Houthis advance in Shabwa and Marib
Middle East
October 18, 2021
Yemen’s Houthis advance in Shabwa and Marib
ADEN, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Huthi movement said on Sunday it has seized new territory in the energy-rich…
‘Cement mountain’: China’s rocky road on biodiversity beyond rosy UN summit
Environment
October 18, 2021
‘Cement mountain’: China’s rocky road on biodiversity beyond rosy UN summit
KUNMING, China, Oct 18 (Reuters) – China used a five-day United Nations biodiversity conference in Kunming to celebrate its achievements…
UN: Syria government, opposition to begin drafting charter
Middle East
October 18, 2021
UN: Syria government, opposition to begin drafting charter
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s government and opposition in the war-torn country have agreed to start drafting constitutional reforms, the UN…
‘God have mercy’: Tigray residents describe life under siege
World
October 16, 2021
‘God have mercy’: Tigray residents describe life under siege
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As food and the means to buy it dwindled in a city under siege, the young…
UN deal offers no guarantees of free movement for Rohingya on island – leaked agreement
World
October 15, 2021
UN deal offers no guarantees of free movement for Rohingya on island – leaked agreement
Oct 15 (Reuters) – A deal for the United Nations to start work on a remote Bangladeshi island where the…
UN urges nations to spend more on species protection as new pact talks begin
Environment
October 10, 2021
UN urges nations to spend more on species protection as new pact talks begin
KUNMING, China, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The global community must invest much more and raise the scale and speed of…
World should send pledged aid to Afghans to avert economic, refugee crisis -UNHCR
Middle East
October 9, 2021
World should send pledged aid to Afghans to avert economic, refugee crisis -UNHCR
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (Reuters) – The world should urgently provide promised aid to Afghanistan, the U.N. refugee agency said on…