Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:06:33 +0000
WASHINGTON — Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new U.N. report says.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:14:17 +0000
Inter-communal violence that left 535 people dead in western Congo may amount to crimes against humanity, a report by UN investigators said.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:03:20 +0000
An assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) opened in Nairobi on Monday under a dark cloud cast by an Ethiopian plane crash.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 07:05:05 +0000
Malacañang on Thursday dismissed the remarks of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet that the drug war in the Philippines “should not be considered a model by any country.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:06:17 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government must respond effectively to the repeated denunciations of the human rights situation in the country, following the crucial statement of United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights chief Michele Bachelet.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 08:20:35 +0000
SRI LANKA – When the feeding grounds of blue whales overlap with busy shipping lanes, business interests often supersede those of the endangered marine mammals.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:55:46 +0000
India accused Pakistan of an “egregious” rights breach of an alleged spy who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 22:54:29 +0000
The last four years were the hottest since global records began, which the UN said was a “clear sign of continuing long-term climate change.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:34:44 +0000
UN chief Antonio Guterres has appealed for dialogue to stop Venezuela’s political crisis spiraling out of control.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:38:04 +0000
Guatemala’s Supreme Court has ruled to block President Jimmy Morales’ decision to unilaterally end a U.N. anti-corruption commission.
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