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World leaders are gathering in New York for the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where heads of state and government are addressing the...

On 21 September, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that the United Kingdom had formally recognised the State of Palestine. On the same...

World leaders are gathering at the UN Headquarters in New York for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Together, they seek...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark appeal to world leaders ahead of the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Week, warning that a...

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660,000 children in the Gaza Strip are not going to school this autumn like most children in the world. Although UNRWA, the UN Palestine...

Drastic cuts in foreign aid are becoming increasingly common among major donors in Europe and the United States, with a direct impact on the...

30 June Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP Critical shortfalls in global humanitarian funding now threaten millions of Sudanese refugees fleeing war...

Despite notable progress over the past decade, billions of people worldwide continue to lack access to essential water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, exposing...

Marine biologist Emily Cunningham MBE has witnessed first-hand the devastating impact of climate change on our planet’s marine ecosystems. With World Water Week 2025...

The UN confirmed on Friday that famine is underway in the Gaza Governorate and is expected to spread to Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younès...

Did you know that marine ecosystems provide vital functions, such as producing oxygen and storing excess heat and CO₂? Climate change is increasingly affecting...

Which novel about human rights would you recommend? It could be on women's rights, children's rights, decolonisation, freedom of expression, dystopia, reconciliation after conflict......

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We swim in it, walk on it, ingest it, and even suspect that we breathe it: plastic is suffocating the planet and living beings....