The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Trump snubbed as major evangelical group declines to invite him to conference

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, however, will reportedly be in attendance

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Video: The 'hunt' for Haitian migrants continues in the Dominican Republic

A video of a young child hanging from the arms of a detained Haitian woman through the barred door of an immigration control truck in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was published in early June. The country's migration director later dismissed the agent seen in the video. According to human rights…

France 24 · Jul 14, 2023

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Kyiv criticised for lack of gratefulness at Nato summit; foreign volunteers describe fighting Russian mercenaries

The Guardian - AU · Jul 14, 2023

Black refugees stranded in Tunisian desert witness death, misery

About 70 refugees, including women and children, are stuck in a ten-metre buffer zone they call ‘point zero’.

Al Jazeera · Jul 14, 2023

Haiti human rights group warns kidnappings and killings are on the rise after brief respite

A leading human rights group in Haiti is warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings as the U.N. Security Council prepares to meet about the country’s worsening violence

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

With help from American priest, four Haiti gang leaders have called a truce. Can it last?

For three years now, rival gangs in Haiti have turned the country’s poorest and most densely populated slum into one of the biggest battlegrounds, where women and girls are raped and people carrying out their daily activities are indiscriminately shot at by armed men firing from rooftops.

Miami Herald · Jul 14, 2023

Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Venomous Bugs, Warning Labels, Carbon Credit Scheme (Vol. 12)

Good intentions, bad results.

Reason · Jul 14, 2023

Sexual violence is junta’s ‘modus operandi’, Myanmar activist tells UN

People are united to end military dictatorship but international support is needed, Naw Hser Hser says

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

Northern Europe faces biggest relative increase in uncomfortable heat and is dangerously unprepared -- new research

Limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5℃ is getting harder. A recent UN report even stated that there is now “no credible pathway” to achieve this goal.

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2023

Artificial sweetener aspartame is ‘possibly’ carcinogenic, yet safe at common use levels, who says

Concern about aspartame’s health risks was reawakened after one unit of the World Health Organization classified the artificial sweetener as a possible carcinogen and another agency cleared the substance for consumption at common levels.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2023