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783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says
A new United Nations report estimates that 19% of the food produced around the world went to waste in 2022.
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E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says
U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further.
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UN envoy Giandomenico Picco, who helped end the Iran-Iraq war and won hostage releases, has died
Former U.N. diplomat Giandomenico Picco has died at the age of 75. Picco, whose negotiating skills helped resolve some of the thorniest crises of the 1980s and 1990s, died on Sunday after a long illness, his son, Giacomo Picco, said.
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World Food Program appeals for $19 million to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan
The United Nations’ World Food Program is appealing for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that has rocked western Afghanistan.
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UN Security Council takes no immediate action on Hamas after meeting, despite US pressure
The U.N. Security Council has held an emergency meeting behind closed doors with the United States demanding that all 15 members strongly condemn “these heinous terrorist attacks committed by Hamas.”
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United Nations to send multinational force to Haiti
The aid will help to control violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country.
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North Korea calls South's leader a ‘guy with a trash-like brain' as it slams his UN speech
North Korea has called South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “a guy with a trash-like brain” and “a diplomatic idiot” as it blasted him for using a U.N. speech to issue a warning over the North’s deepening military ties with Russia.
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Biden to Israeli prime minister: ‘My commitment to Israel is ironclad'
President Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations in New York City on Wednesday to discuss ‘integrated’ Middle East and Iran.
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Zelenskyy: Russia is weaponizing food, energy and abducted children in its war against Ukraine
Zelenskyy spoke Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly’s annual top-level meeting.
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Biden reaffirms support for Ukraine at UN
President Joe Biden delivered remarks at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday. “We will continue to stand with the brave people of Ukraine,” Biden said.
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Biden warns UN leaders no nation is secure if we allow Ukraine ‘to be carved up'
President Joe Biden used his annual address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to make a robust case that the world must remain united in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression.
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UN kicks off Climate Week as phasing out fossil fuels becomes priority
The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden.
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UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop' for world's hungriest as governments cut aid
The World Food Program is warning that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people.
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Bill Richardson, a former governor and UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies
Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who dedicated his post-political career to working to free Americans detained overseas, has died. He was 75.
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Iran transfers 5 Iranian-American prisoners to house arrest in step toward deal for ultimate release
Iran has transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest, a move supporters hope is the first move toward their eventual release.
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UN cuts food aid to millions globally amid ‘crippling' funding crisis
The United Nations says it has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels.
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Jill Biden marks US reentry into UNESCO with flag-raising ceremony in Paris
U.S. first lady Jill Biden attended a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO in Paris, marking Washington’s official reentry into the U.N. agency after a five-year hiatus.
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‘Some will starve, many may die:' UN warns after Russia pulls out of Ukraine grain deal
Moscow was criticized by the U.N. and council members for attacking Ukrainian ports after pulling out of the year-old grain deal and destroying port infrastructure
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AI robot panel tells UN press conference they could be better world leaders than humans
Humanoid robots say they could lead more efficiently than humans, but wouldn’t take anyone’s job away and had no intention of rebelling against their creators.
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UN blacklists Russian forces for killing children and attacking schools in Ukraine
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in the report to the Security Council that he is “appalled” by the high number of “grave violations” against children in Ukraine in 2022.