By UN NewsUN humanitarians warned on Thursday that one in four people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffers from “crisis or worse” levels of hunger that affects a staggering 25.6 million people.The alert from the Food and Agriculture Organi...

By AFPHuman-driven warming of ocean temperatures increased the maximum wind speeds of every Atlantic hurricane in 2024, according to a new analysis released Wednesday, highlighting how climate change is amplifying the destructive power of storms.The...

By AFP/Alex PigmanThe US government late Wednesday asked a judge to order the dismantling of Google by selling its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant.In a court filing, the US Department of Justice urged a...

By AFP/Glenn Chapman with Alex PigmanA quietly growing belief in Silicon Valley could have immense implications: the breakthroughs from large AI models -– the ones expected to bring human-level artificial intelligence in the near future –- may be slo...

By UN NewsAs intense round-the-clock COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch in Baku, delegates on Wednesday are eagerly awaiting updates on the progress of negotiations regarding a new climate finance target. Meanwhile, high-level discussions...

By AFP/Richard CarterThe International Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a jihadist police chief to 10 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a reign of terror in the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu.ICC judges ha...

By AFP/Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOISThe United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council push to call for a ceasefire in Gaza that Washington said would have emboldened Hamas.The resolution demanded "an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasef...

By AFP/Laure Al KhouryOn a mountain slope in south Lebanon, agricultural worker Assaad al-Taqi is busy picking olives, undeterred by the roar of Israeli warplanes overhead.This year, he is collecting the harvest against the backdrop of the raging Isr...

By AFP/Saawmiet Moos with Louise DewastMashudu Mashau says it takes about two minutes to catch a penguin, a task he does weekly to investigate sightings of injured or sickly seabirds."We don't rush... we go down, sometimes we crawl, so that we don't...

By UN NewsThe future of childhood ‘hangs in the balance’ as three major global forces reshape children’s lives, according to UN Children’s Fund UNICEF’s flagship report released on World Children’s Day.‘The State of the World’s Children 2024: The Fut...

By UN NewsAs the dangers posed by climate change become increasingly evident worldwide, the need for reliable and accurate information on the impact of the environmental crisis is more crucial than ever.To address this, the United Nations, together w...

By UN NewsIn a powerful appeal to the world’s largest economies during the G20 Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called for urgent climate action and reform of international institutions, warning that current systems are failin...