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Reporters are briefed on climate change by Secretary-General António Guterres (left at podium), who also urged world leaders to attend the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt
The staggering damage and death toll from Hurricane Ian, which is wreaking havoc in Florida, reveal just how devastating it was. Residents of Lee County, which was severely damaged by the hurricane, describe its horrors
A new chapter in the evolution of life on Earth is being revealed by scientists. It resembles the growth of a brand-new Galapagos Island in the Pacific. This one, though, is constructed of plastics
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan, there is a growing anti-Taliban sentiment as many fear that the Pakistani Taliban could make a comeback. The talks between the militants and the Pakistani army have drawn criticism from residents who claim that they jeopardise the region’s ten-year-old peace
The Democratic Republic of the Congo situation is discussed during a Security Council meeting by Zephyrin Maniratanga, the Republic of Burundi’s Permanent Representative to the UN
After six months of Russian occupation, Izium’s residents say they are determined to rebuilding their lives. After being subjected to nearly 500 airstrikes, according to Ukrainian officials, 90% of the city has been destroyed
The Security Council meeting on maintaining international peace and security is presided over by Nicolas de Rivière, France’s Permanent Representative to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of September
To get supplies into Ukraine, private American pilots are working with “Ukraine Air Rescue”. VOA Russian met some of them and has this story
The future of offshore gambling operations in the Philippines – targeted mainly at customers in China – is in question after the new government here announced a major crackdown this week on illegal online casinos and Chinese overstayers
A former BBC television presenter and freelance journalist in Myanmar was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor on Wednesday by a military regime court in Yangon for violating the country’s Unlawful Associations Act, bringing her total time in jail to six years, a source in the legal community said