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China, India have fewer people than the UN thinks

In April, the United Nations estimated that India had overtaken China as the world's most populous country. While the announcement received a great deal of media attention, India's 2024 census will likely reveal that the UN's projections have been vastly overestimated.

Bangkok Post

National Best Friends Day: How is it celebrated and what is its history?

Show your bestie how much you appreciate their friendship this week

Evening Standard

Russia says top UN court should dismiss Ukraine's case over Crimea and terrorism funding

Russia is urging judges at the United Nations’ highest court to throw out a case brought by Ukraine against Moscow focussed on the 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

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Adoption of anti-Semitism definition curbs free speech: Report

EU nations called out for adopting definition that conflates anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel.

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UN chief says Ukraine dam burst 'a consequence' of Russia's invasion

The United Nations does not have any independent information on how a Ukrainian dam burst, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, describing it as "another devastating consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine."

Reuters

Ukraine to open hearings in case against Russia at top UN court

Hearings are opening at the United Nations’ highest court in a case brought by Ukraine against Russia linked to Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

The Independent UK

Explainer - Black Sea grain deal could hinge on ammonia pipeline

A possible extension next month of a deal allowing the safe wartime export of grains and fertilizers from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports could hinge on the reopening of a pipeline that delivers Russian ammonia to one of those Ukrainian ports.

Reuters

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Russia says it sees 'no prospects' for further grain deal renewal

Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday that it saw no prospects for extending the Black Sea grain export deal, which is set to expire in mid-July, Russian news agencies reported.

Reuters

Budget for Afghanistan aid plan revised down to $3.2 billion

The United Nations and humanitarian agencies have revised the budget for Afghanistan's aid plan for 2023 to $3.2 billion, down from $4.6 billion earlier in the year, the U.N. humanitarian office said on Monday.

Reuters

More than 2 million people displaced, Burkina Faso's government says, as aid falls short

Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group has made Burkina Faso a country with one of the world’s fastest-growing populations of internally displaced people

The Independent UK

United Nations 'alarmed' by Hong Kong June 4 detentions

The United Nations said on Monday it was "alarmed" by detentions in Hong Kong linked to the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, while China said the financial hub was moving from "chaos" to prosperity.

Reuters

This Forgotten Grain With Astounding Resilience Could Help Enable A Climate-Friendly Diet

Millets may soon garner more attention after the United Nations declared 2023 the International Year of Millets.

Inverse

Kosovo violence gives Nato, Europe another crisis

When Nato troops first entered Kosovo in June 1999 after 78 days of bombing, no one thought its Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers would still be trying to separate ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbs 24 years later.

Bangkok Post

Aid agencies in Sudan grapple with looting, bureaucracy to deliver relief

Aid workers in Sudan say fierce fighting, rampant looting and reams of red tape are hampering efforts to deliver vital humanitarian supplies to the millions of people who now rely on a relief effort since a conflict erupted in mid-April.

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The Independent UK

UN warns of aid shortage, looming food crisis in wake of devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar

The United Nations has warned that far too little aid is reaching cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar and the country could face a major food crisis soon if farmers are unable to plant crops

Reuters

Asia synthetic drug trade expands, UN says

Trafficking of synthetic drugs in East and Southeast Asia is surging, with new smuggling routes for methamphetamine emerging and ketamine production expanding, the United Nations said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Spike in boats smuggling meth out of Myanmar

Asian drug trafficking networks are increasingly using sea routes to smuggle methamphetamines out of Myanmar and ramping up ketamine production as they seek to expand their business, the United Nations (UN) said Friday.

The Independent UK

UN warns of new threat to global food security after Russia limits Ukraine grain shipments

The United Nations is warning of a new threat to global food security

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US calls for UN meeting on North Korea's attempted satellite launch

The United States has called for a U.N. Security Council meeting on Friday to discuss North Korea's attempted satellite launch this week, the spokesperson for the U.S. mission to the United Nations said.

Reuters

UN concerned by 'continuous slowdown' in Black Sea grain trade -spokesman

The United Nations is concerned about the continuous slowdown of the implementation of a Black Sea grain export deal between Russia and Ukraine, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.

Newsroom.co.nz

Fishing industry plan slammed as nothing but a subsidy

The draft fishing industry transformation plan includes a substantial, potentially problematic, government investment in a new commercial fishing fleet.

Wales Online

Cardiff University tops list of most sustainable universities in Wales

The list measures universities’ contributions to the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Cardiff ranked 52 in the world, 12th in UK and first in Wales

Reuters

UN says concerned about lack of women in China's top government

An absence of women among China's top leadership is concerning, the United Nations said in a report, as it recommended China adopt statutory quotas and a gender parity system to quicken equal representation of women in government.

Reuters

Operation to empty Yemen Safer oil tanker set to begin, UN says

Operations to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker moored off Yemen's coast will soon begin after a technical support ship arrived on site on Tuesday, the United Nations said.

Reuters

Special Report: Dozens of babies die in orphanage as Sudan war takes grim toll on Khartoum

In the days after war erupted in Khartoum, Dr Abeer Abdullah rushed between rooms at Sudan’s largest orphanage, trying to care for hundreds of babies and toddlers as the fighting kept all but a handful of staff away. Children’s cries rang through the sprawling building as heavy gunfire rocked the…

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