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Shot of Rebeca Grynspan, director of UNCTAD, speaking at a UN event
Finance

‘Excessive’ policy choices could trigger an economic downturn even worse than the 2008 recession, UN agency says

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October 3, 2022
Gabriel Boric

The world’s coffee-drinking, outdoorsy millennial leaders hit the UN (but you won’t find any from the U.S.)

By Sally Ho and The Associated Press
September 23, 2022
Joe Biden at the United Nations.
Politics

Biden slams Putin and says his war in Ukraine should make your ‘blood run cold’ in fiery UN speech

By Jordan Fabian, Jennifer Jacobs and Bloomberg
September 21, 2022
Antonio Guterres

The UN chief has harsh words for world leaders: Earth ‘is literally on fire’ and it’s in ‘great peril’

By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
September 20, 2022
Photo of James Manyika, Google SVP of Technology and Society
Tech

Google launches $25 million A.I. sustainability effort with UN as company exec says firing A.I. ethics researcher was ‘unfortunate’

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September 15, 2022
A firefighter uses a drip torch during the Mosquito fire near Volcanoville, California in September 2022
Environment

The UN is warning that climate change impacts are entering ‘uncharted territories of destruction’

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September 13, 2022
Nuclear disaster fears grow as Russia rejects call to demilitarize Europe’s largest plant. UN warns this could be ‘suicide’
Politics

Nuclear disaster fears grow as Russia rejects call to demilitarize Europe’s largest plant. UN warns this could be ‘suicide’

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August 19, 2022
Elon Musk has been talking about an ‘underpopulation crisis’ for years. So why did the U.S. birth rate rise 1% last year?
Lifestyle

Elon Musk has been talking about an ‘underpopulation crisis’ for years. So why did the U.S. birth rate rise 1% last year?

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July 20, 2022
A forest ranger sprays water from a hose on a forest fire near the Moroccan city of Ksar el-Kebir in the Larache region, on July 15, 2022. (
Environment

‘Collective action or collective suicide’: U.N. chief issues a stark warning as heatwaves sear Europe, the U.S. and China

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July 18, 2022
War and record food prices are making edible insects more tempting to farmers—and investors

War and record food prices are making edible insects more tempting to farmers—and investors

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May 24, 2022
Egyptian farmers harvest wheat

Russia-driven food shortage means cereal and corn will start running out in 2023, UN warns. ‘The world faces the risk of food shortages’

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May 13, 2022
Woman walks in front of destroyed buildings in Ukraine
International

The UN may strip Russia of its membership from the Human Rights Council as soon as Thursday

By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
April 6, 2022
Bombshell climate report warns window to secure a livable future is closing
Environment

Bombshell climate report warns window to secure a livable future is closing

By Eric Roston, Leslie Kaufman and Bloomberg
February 28, 2022
Elon Musk
Lifestyle

Elon Musk gave a mysterious $5.7 billion donation weeks after he dared the UN to show him its plan for solving world hunger

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February 15, 2022
‘Seed funding’: How more billionaires can help end world hunger
Commentary

‘Seed funding’: How more billionaires can help end world hunger

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December 23, 2021

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