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NO TIME FOR LEFTOVERS: THE ASTONISHING SCALE OF FOOD WASTE IN THE UK AND AROUND THE WORLD
Western countries are more likely to waste food at the consumption stage... READ MORE›
NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS JUMPS TO 258 MILLION, UP BY HALF SINCE 2000
The biggest number of international migrants, nearly 50 million, live in the United States... READ MORE›
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SHOULD FILL FINANCE GAP AFTER US PULLOUT
Developed countries have promised to raise at least USD 100 billion every year from 2020 to help developing countries deal with the impacts of climate change... READ MORE›
RICH NATIONS FAIL TO HELP DEVELOPING WORLD FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
Clean energy investments in China, sub-Saharan African and other emerging markets fell 27 percent in 2016, to 111.4 billion, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said in a study Monday... READ MORE›
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AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST
The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›
GLOBAL DEBT RISES TO ALL-TIME HIGH $152TN
Excessive private debt is a major headwind against the global recovery and a risk to financial stability... READ MORE›
US AND CHINA NEGOTIATE ARMS DEAL FOR CYBERSPACE
Mr. Obama, who has said little about the United States' development of cyberweapons during his presidency, has begun to talk about it in recent days... READ MORE›
AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY
MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›
THE WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER IS COLLAPSING AND THIS TIME THERE SEEMS NO WAY OUT
The IMF is profoundly concerned, warning at last week's annual meeting in Peru of 3tn ?1.95tn of excess credit globally and weakening global economic growth... READ MORE›
AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'
An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›
CONSUMER ANXIETY IN CHINA UNDERMINES GOVERNMENTS ECONOMIC PLANS
Those who have lost money in the ongoing stock market crash are especially anxious... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES
In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›
CHAMPIONING ENVIRONMENT FRANCIS TAKES AIM AT GLOBAL CAPITALISM
Francis' embrace of the issue of climate change, and his broader critique of global capitalism, stem from his signature economic concern eradicating poverty... READ MORE›
HOUSE OF LORDS FEARED CHEAP CHAMPAGNE AND VETOED MERGING SERVICES WITH COMMONS
Negotiators here in Peru are working this week on a climate change accord, with the aim of producing one that will be signed by world leaders next year in Paris... READ MORE›
READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH
Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK ADMITS GLOBALIZATION LEADS TO INEQUALITY
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim explained why people in the developed economies are angry with the free trade... READ MORE›
GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS
In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›
UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS
We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA PLEDGES 2 BILLION TO FIGHT POVERTY
President Xi Jinping told the United Nations on Saturday that China would pledge 2 billion as an initial investment for development assistance to the poorest countries... READ MORE›
PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
THE WORLDS BIG PROBLEM TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE
In India, there are 17 million more men and boys between the ages of 10 and 24... READ MORE›
U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX
As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›
56 NATIONS ATTEND FOUNDING OF ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE BANK IN CHINA
Stephens, general counsel of the Asian Development Bank in Manila... READ MORE›
REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA
To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›
UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS
The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE›
70 ACHIEVEMENTS, 70 YEARS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO WHAT THE UN HAS DONE
70 achievements, 70 years a visual guide to what the UN has done... READ MORE›
SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS
In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE›
CHINA MAKES CARBON PLEDGE AHEAD OF PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
China submits carbon-curbing plan to UN ahead of Paris climate change summit, saying it will work hard to peak emissions earlier than 2030 target... READ MORE›
OBAMA CALLS XI JINPING IN FINAL PUSH FOR A DEAL
Paris climate talks obama calls xi jinping in final push for a deal... READ MORE›
NEWS ANALYSIS TRUST AND MONEY AT CORE OF CRUCIAL PARIS TALKS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Transparency is an enormously important part of this, said Todd Stern, the American climate change negotiator... READ MORE›
UN OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS
For years, the issue of how to stanch sexual abuse in its ranks has bedeviled the United Nations... READ MORE›
CHINESE FIRMS POUR MONEY INTO U.S. R&D IN SHIFT TO INNOVATION
Largely absent from American research hubs a decade ago Chinese firms including Huawei Technologies HWT.UL and ZTE Corp 000063.SZ are now using U.S... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR IN 2015
The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises... READ MORE›