Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Global warming threshold of 1.5°C will be broken within 7 years, research shows

Scientists warn the world may cross the crucial 1.5° Celsius global warming threshold in seven years as fossil fuel CO² emissions continue to rise, urging countries at the Cop28 talks to "act now" on coal, oil and gas pollution.

Radio France Internationale

Kremlin Says Putin To Visit Saudi Arabia, UAE On Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, the Kremlin has announced, as Moscow courts allies abroad despite being isolated by the West over the Ukraine conflict.

International Business Times

UNESCO To List Ceviche, Opera As 'Intangible Heritage'

Dozens of global traditions are candidates for inscription as intangible global heritage by UNESCO this week, ranging from Italian opera singing and Bangladeshi rickshaw art to the Peruvian delicacy of ceviche.

International Business Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Science is a human right − and its future is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Though contested, imperfect and unfulfilled, the declaration remains a milestone in human civilization as one of the earliest times the world came together…

The Conversation

Is Israel’s Gaza bombing also a war on the climate?

Gaza’s water, soil and air have been devastated. And reconstruction will add to the carbon emissions.

Al Jazeera

US unveils global strategy to commercialize fusion as source of clean energy during COP28

The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tuesday, while in Dubai for U.N. climate talks

The Independent UK

Israel says fighting in Gaza is most intense since start of ground offensive

IDF steps up attacks in north and south and says it has raided Hamas HQ, as increase in civilian deaths reported

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

First Thing: Israel urged by UN and US officials to avoid repeat of northern Gaza devastation

Head of UN agency said Israel is ‘repeating horrors from past weeks’. Plus, Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address US senators

The Guardian - UK

No agreement in sight as Cop28 teams wrangle over phasing out fossil fuels

The debate over the future of fossil fuels, the biggest cause of global warming, is the key battle at the Cop28 climate summit hosted by the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. As neighbouring Saudi Arabia – the world's biggest oil exporter – ruled out phasing down oil, gas and coal, and…

Radio France Internationale

UN special rapporteur warns of 'serious risk of genocide' in Gaza

The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories has urged UN member states to intervene in the crisis in Gaza, accusing the international community of being "paralysed" in its reaction to the tragedy. Speaking to FRANCE 24, Francesca Albanese said she stands by her earlier comments, when the death…

France 24

IDF says it regrets killing of Lebanese soldier – as it happened

This blog has now closed. Read our full report on the latest developments in Gaza here and our report on a UN meeting to hear accounts of sexual violence committed by Hamas on 7 October here.

The Guardian - AU

Cop28: anger after record number of fossil fuel lobbyists given access to summit – as it happened

Coalition of climate NGOs highlights that there are more fossil fuel lobbyists than delegates from 10 most climate-vulnerable countries combined

The Guardian - UK

COP28 Fossil Fuel Battle Hardens Despite New Warning On Warming

Battle lines on fossil fuels hardened at UN climate talks on Tuesday despite scientists warning that global warming could breach the 1.5C threshold within seven years.

International Business Times

Strong but 'feminine': how Nikki Haley navigates gender as only woman in the GOP race

The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations tries to balance her identity as the only woman in the race for the GOP nomination with a Republican electorate that eschews identity politics.

WEKU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Israeli tanks enter Khan Younis as UN warns of 'hellish scenario' in Gaza

World Health Organisation says humanitarian crisis is 'getting worse by the hour'

The Independent UK

Watch Again: Bill Gates talks about climate and growth during Paris summit

Watch when Bill Gates spoke at a UN summit on climate and growth in Paris, on Tuesday 5 December 2023.

Al Jazeera

Israel and WHO in online row over removal of medical supplies in Gaza

Israel denies ordering the UN health agency to remove medical supplies from its warehouse in southern Gaza.

The Independent UK

Israel strikes in and around Gaza's second largest city in an already bloody new phase of the war

Israel has intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza’s second largest city as ambulances and other vehicles streamed into a local hospital carrying wounded Palestinians

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

International Business Times

With COP28 Underway, How Can Specialized Recruitment Agencies Help Companies Navigate ESG And Sustainability Talent Shortages?

The demand for ESG and sustainability professionals is booming, but finding talent is difficult. However, working with recruitment agencies specializing in the industry can mitigate these problems.

International Business Times

Record More Than 2,000 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists At COP28 Talks: NGOs

A record almost 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have been accredited for UN climate talks in Dubai, as negotiators wrestle with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb global warming, campaign groups said Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

We won’t stop speaking out about Gaza’s suffering – there is no climate justice without human rights

Fridays for Future Sweden activists haven’t ‘been radicalised’ – solidarity with marginalised people has always been at the heart of our message, say Fridays for Future Sweden activist Greta Thunberg and others

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Higgins challenged over account of alleged rape; EV sales up 50k in last year; and NYC woman dies in garbage chute

Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister casts doubt over how drunk Brittany Higgins was on the night of the alleged rape at Parliament House

The Independent UK

Activists at COP28 summit ramp up pressure on cutting fossil fuels as talks turn to clean energy

Activists had a series of events and actions lined up Tuesday at the United Nations climate summit seeking to amp up pressure on conference participants to agree to phase out coal, oil and gas, responsible for most of the world’s emissions, and move to clean energy in a fair way

The Guardian - UK

Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists get access to Cop28 climate talks

UAE-hosted summit admitted at least 2,456 people affiliated with oil and gas industries, analysis finds

The Guardian - UK

‘A matter of survival’: India’s unstoppable need for air conditioners

Access to sufficient cooling could further drive up the already rampant inequality in the country

1 … 741 742 743 744

People

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.