Russian Attacks Intensify in Eastern Ukraine Ahead of Expected Offensive
Russia is deploying hundreds of thousands of newly mobilized soldiers, in small groups, to probe for vulnerabilities in Ukrainian defensive lines.
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UN chief fears world is heading towards ‘wider war’ over Russia-Ukraine conflict
António Guterres warns in speech to general assembly that ‘chances of escalation and bloodshed are growing’The head of the United Nations, António Guterres, has warned that further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict could mean the world is headi…
Taliban double down on barring women from taking university entry exams
The Taliban doubled down on their ban on women’s education, reinforcing in a message to private universities that Afghan women are barred from taking university entry exams.
UK failing to address systemic racism against black people, warn UN experts
Working group of experts on people of African descent calls for halt on use of joint enterprise and strip search• ‘The law is breaking children’: black people in UK tell UN of daily injusticesA UN body has written to the UK government to express “very …
Haitian police protest, attack PM’s residence over officers killed by violent gangs
Protesters in civilian clothes who identified themselves as police also flooded the airport in Port-au-Prince as Prime Minister Ariel Henry was arriving from a trip to Argentina.
U.N. Official Fired in Investment Scandal
A second top United Nations official is out of a job following the disclosure that more than $20 million doled out in unconventional loans may be lost.
Canada sharing Haiti sanctions evidence with other countries: UN ambassador
“We continue to share whatever information we can – with respect to the decisions that we have made – with other countries,” Bob Rae said in an interview.
Israeli forces kill nine Palestinians during West Bank raid
Palestinian leaders cut security ties with Israel after deadly gun battle at Jenin refugee campIsraeli forces have killed nine Palestinians during a raid in the north of the occupied West Bank in the deadliest single day in the territory in years, prom…
Haiti’s UN envoy says she heard ‘caution,’ not ‘no’ from Canada, U.S. over intervention
Helen La Lime expressed hope that the U.N. Security Council will deal positively with the issue of the force requested by the Haitian government to deal with a growing gang crisis.
Global economic growth will slow to 1.9% in 2023: UN
For the world’s least developed countries, the U.N. said growth is projected at 4.4% this year, about the same as last year but significantly below the UN’s target of 7% by 2030.