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Climate Science Is Now the Law
A landmark legal ruling leaves no doubt that continuing fossil fuel production and use, let alone expanding it, violates the ...
How two families crossed the rubble of Gaza, fleeing war and hunger
Bareems, two families from opposite ends of Gaza, have criss-crossed the rubble-strewn territory many times during 21 months ...
Taliban tortured and threatened Afghans expelled from Pakistan and Iran, U.N. report says
The violations include torture, ill-treatment, arbitrary arrest, and threats to personal security at the hands of the Taliban ...
Syria and Saudi Arabia sign more than $6 billion in investment deals
Syria and Saudi Arabia have signed 47 investment agreements valued at over $6 billion. The deals, announced Thursday, aim to ...
US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say
U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington ...
UN's top court says all countries have to act against climate change. Here are the key takeaways
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15-black ...
U.N. court rules countries have duty to limit greenhouse emissions
The International Court of Justice was asked to rule on whether nations are obligated under international law to protect the ...
What to Know About the U.S. Move to Withdraw From UNESCO
The Trump administration plans to pull out of the U.N. cultural agency, putting UNESCO back at the center of geopolitical ...
ICJ rules nations legally obligated to fight climate change
The U.N.'s top court was due to set out a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility ...
UN’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law
The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if ...
A look at UNESCO and its work as the US decides again to leave the cultural agency
With the support of international partners and $115 million in funding, the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO recently helped ...
UN's highest court says climate change is an 'existential threat'
THE HAGUE, July 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change" as it started to read out an opinion on the legal ...