At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change
When more than two dozen world leaders deliver remarks at the United Nations’ annual climate conference on Wednesday, many ...
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What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit?
BAKU, Nov 12 (Reuters) - World leaders are speaking at the U.N. climate summit in Baku on Tuesday where United Nations ...
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1,000 days of full-scale war on Ukraine: UNHCR’s deputy chief urges solidarity with innocent victims
GENEVA – As we approach next week’s grim mark of 1,000 days since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the needs of civilians are growing amid intense attacks and as another ...
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Afghanistan sends delegation to U.N. climate talks for 1st time since Taliban’s return to power
Matuil Haq Khalis, who's head of the country’s environment protection agency, told The Associated Press that Afghanistan ...
Malala Yousafzai urges the world to do more to help women and young girls forced to live under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' in Afghanistan
The education activist, 27, has warned that females in the restrictive country are being made to live in a system ...
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United Nations warily awaits Donald Trump’s return to power
The United Nations has been planning for the possible return of Donald Trump and the cuts to U.S. funding and engagement with ...
Climate change reporting is not connecting with people and their real issues – what needs to be done about it
The annual United Nations Conference of the Parties global climate change meetings play a pivotal role in elevating climate conversations. They’re often accompanied by intense media coverage that ...
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K-pop stars BTS speak at the United Nations about vaccines and sustainability
It was a United Nations speech that got attention like few others - a plug for vaccines, young people and the Earth’s well being from K-pop band BTS. Addressing the stage for a sustainability ...
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A Call to Suspend Pakistan from the Commonwealth for Human Rights Abuses
In this piece Chris Blackburn, Communications Director of the European Bangladesh Forum and co-founder of Global Friends of Afghanistan, highlights the severe human rights abuses in Pakistan, ...
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The English We Speak
To play this audio you need to enable JavaScript. Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them as well. I'm Feifei.
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My mother tongue and I don’t speak to each other
But there is one that I was born with that sometimes sits uncomfortably with me: I’m a Malayalee, but at 36, I still can’t speak my mother tongue. Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest ...
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'Funding crisis' for Jordan's Principle jeopardizes Manitoba First Nations children's lives: chief
First Nations leaders in Manitoba say Canada has fallen flat in its duty to fund a federal policy meant to ensure First Nations kids can swiftly access essential health-care services and products.