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Forest Conservation Projects Must Be Community-Led
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Putin's war is having a devastating impact on Ukraine's children
"Schools seem to have been deliberately targeted throughout Ukraine...it's a direct threat to children," Irwin Redlener, co-founder of UCAP, told Newsweek.
Women Need a Seat at the Table on Tackling Climate Challenge
Women are central to solving the climate crisis.
Russia abandoning outskirts of Kherson months after losing city: Ukraine
Russian forces vacated most personnel in the annexed territory in November.
China's plan to assimilate Tibet
Beijing's heavy-handed tactics in Xinjiang are well known; less so is its "boiling the frog" approach to Tibet, experts say.
Georgia lawmakers throw punches over Russian-inspired "foreign agent" law
Proposed legislation against independent media "would demonstrate the present government's increasing embrace of Russia," U.S. lawmakers argue.
Funniest and most shocking animal videos on World Wildlife Day
From dolphins and dogs becoming friends to bears enjoying fast food, celebrate wildlife's wonderful peculiarities with these videos.
Russian official warns Western diplomats of "catastrophic consequences"
Russia's deputy foreign minister said U.S. and NATO policies are escalating the war in Ukraine.
Elderly Russian woman blaming Putin for the world "hating us" goes viral
In the 2017 video, the woman said that without war, Russian President Vladimir Putin would not stay in power.
U.N. vote on Ukraine: 7 countries that didn't support Russia's withdrawal
141 members of the United National General Assembly voted in favor of ordering the immediate withdraw of Russian troops from Ukraine.
Putin is "not smart" and "lost everything," ex-Russian diplomat says
Vladimir Putin "only thinks about a few more hours to be in power, and he doesn't care about the future," former Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev told Newsweek.
China's possible lethal aid to Russia is "red line": U.S. ambassador
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Sunday that the United States has "never, ever wavered in our support for the Ukrainians."
Kamala Harris fires warning shot at Russia over "crimes against humanity"
The vice president told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that "on behalf of all the victims, known and unknown, justice must be served."
Russia admits winning Ukraine war impossible unless it captures Bakhmut
Bakhmut is a "fortress" that is "part of a heavily fortified line of defense," Russian envoy Dmitry Polyanskiy told Newsweek.
Nikki Haley breaks Trump's golden rule
The former president places a lot of value in a quality that he hinted that Haley lacks.
U.N. experts alarmed by China's treatment of 1 million Tibetan children
A Chinese government spokesperson said the experts were "politicizing and instrumentalizing human rights issues."
Putin's war in Ukraine is backfiring in historic way
The war has been a "game changer," said one foreign affairs expert, and now even neutral countries are considering more serious involvement.
UN chief warns 'wider war' is coming out of Russia-Ukraine fighting
"I fear the world is not sleepwalking into a wider war," Antonio Guterres said on Monday. "I fear it is doing so with its eyes wide open."
How Putin continues to use the United Nations in his favor
One expert told Newsweek that China could be the ultimate litmus test for whether Russia remains on the U.N. Security Council.
At the UN, Special Treatment for Palestinians Shouldn't Be Automatic
For decades, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has been the subject of controversy. Established almost 74 years ago, UNRWA is one of the oldest U.N. agencies, and among the costliest. It has continued to exist long after Jewish refugees from Arab lands—comparable in number to Palestinian refugees—were resettled and shed their refugee status.
What Good Is the UN if It Won't Defend Its Founding Principles?
The United Nations has grown from 51 independent nations upon its founding to an impressive 193 member countries—a great step forward for self-determination. But on occasion, it has also unintentionally validated, through paralysis and inaction, authoritarian states persecuting ethnic minorities.
Bill Gates says Ukraine War stops us achieving development goals
Gates said the war had distracted attention from reaching goals such as alleviating poverty, hunger and ensuring affordable and clean energy by 2030.
More than 18,000 civilian casualties in 11 months of Ukraine war: UN report
Tuesday marks 11 months since Russia invaded Ukraine as the world awaits the unveiling of the 2023 Doomsday Clock.
Biden documents "incredible gift" to Donald Trump, John Bolton warns
The former national security adviser said Biden's handling of classified documents has "absolved Trump from the prospect of prosecution."
Why Is Biden Pursuing a Trump-Lite Approach With Cuba?
If communism is so bad, President Joe Biden should ease sanctions and let the Cuban people figure that out for themselves.
Russia to hold mysterious U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine
"Let our opponents stay in the dark," said Moscow's United Nations envoy Dmitry Polyanskiy.
Pakistan seeks change to U.S. world finance control as Cuba leads U.N. bloc
"As far as global governance ... the greatest structural issue is the control of the international financial system by the United States," Munir Akram said.
In Ukraine, an Attack on Water Is an Attack on What Makes Us Human
Robust national laws that criminalize practices that go against international humanitarian law and bring perpetrators before a court are imperative.
In the Race To Save Earth's Biodiversity, Water Is Getting Its Due
Nature supports life on Earth. We have a commitment anew to heal her.