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PM’s talks with Chinese president postponed after missile strike near Poland’s border with Ukraine

A key challenge facing human rights globally today is the advent of emerging technologies that mutate rapidly and potentially beyond human control. The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva has thus singled out for special study during the next couple of years four areas of concern: autonomous weaponry, neurotechnology, cyberbullying,…

There were a few takeaways from the Asean meetings held in Phnom Penh last week. Apart from political diversions and photo-ops between world leaders with Prime Minister Hun Sen, the most welcoming news was that Timor Leste is to be a new Asean member.

Warning comes as family receives note from jailed activist saying he has ended his hunger strike

World Cup host nation Qatar said Tuesday it will count emissions produced from daily flights ferrying fans during the tournament between the Gulf emirates toward the event’s overall carbon footprint

Women are having less children - so why is the world’s population exploding?

Anybody born on November 15, 2022 may have been the world's 8 billionth person.

Nnamdi Kanu was unlawfully detained and tortured in Kenya before being taken to Nigeria, high court told

Tentative drafts are emerging but some countries appear to be seeking to water down commitments agreed last year

Onerous environmental permitting regulations make rapid renewable energy deployment in the United States a "fantasy."

The question of whether Africa should be allowed to exploit its gas reserves, estimated at more than 17.56 trillion cubic meters (620 trillion cubic feet) in 2021, has been much discussed at the latest UN climate change summit, COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.