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A drone strike on the protective structure at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant could have endangered the safety of millions of people, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Alexander De Croo told reporters via v...
The head of the UN's climate body has warned that treating global warming as a partisan issue is dangerously out of step with reality, as he set out a stark account of the economic toll climate change is already inflicti...
The election of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani and the surprising performance of Democratic Socialist or DSA-aligned candidates in Democratic primaries across the United States is reviving interest in socialism as a conce...
Twenty-five years ago, the heinous terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 against the United States claimed thousands of lives and represented “an assault on humanity itself”, the UN chief said on Thursday.
Capitalism comes in many flavors. Sadly, the neoliberal one that has become dominant is particularly rancid.
Unrest in Yemen. The Saudi air force carried out 54 airstrikes in six Yemeni provinces on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Yemen’s Houthi rebels said.
On the heels of reported Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and the capture of another key port by the militants on Yemen’s Red Sea coast – including the seizure of eight UN vehicles from a key aid hub there – the...
Its the latest move by the prediction market company to diversify its assets users can trade.
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There is growing concern globally about the capability of AI, following numerous cyberattacks and security incidents in recent months by rogue models
After a 286-day deployment that included 264 consecutive days at sea to support operations in the Middle East, the USS Abraham Lincoln reached Thailand in
Despite the many health risks, sexual strangulation has become popular among young people—with some experts blaming adult content for normalizing it.