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Resistance to the New Zealand government’s policies aimed at rolling back Māori rights and protections under te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi has now reached the United Nations.

The former UK prime minister and UN education envoy calls for cash for high-tech tracking systems to find the missing pupils.

Report says Israel’s operations ‘significantly undermined every pillar of survival’ and reduced the economy by 87%

Millions of people, particularly in African countries, have lost access to drug treatments, prevention and testing putting the idea of ending the Aids pandemic by 2030 out of reach

When Cop30 convened in Belém, deep inside the Amazon, the world’s attention turned once again to negotiations, emissions pledges and political manoeuvring. The global stage was set against one of Earth’s most biodiverse landscapes and some of its most vulnerable communities, yet the conversation still leaned heavily toward geopolitics rather…

A year since deal agreed, UN calls for investigation into possible violations of international law by all parties

ON THE GROUND: Nick Ferris visits families forced from their home due to flooding in Ethiopia’s northern Afar region – who say they have been largely deserted by humanitarian organisations as aid cuts have taken hold this year

Flames have been glued to a number of road signs and billboards across France, as activists beg ‘stop climate sabotage’.

The World Food Programme says a spike in attacks by militants across northern Nigeria is expected to result in Africa's worst levels of severe hunger next year