Plus a preview of the U.N. General Assembly and growing nuclear fears in Ukraine.
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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Has Power Restored, Watchdog Says
Maintaining power at Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been crucial to prevent a meltdown in the shadow of fighting nearby.
U.S. Rebukes Russia for Claims of Secret Bioweapons in Ukraine
Russia used a formal meeting in Geneva to air its unsupported accusations but faced considerable diplomatic pushback.
Pakistan Is Devastated by Floods, Faces Looming Food Crisis
The flooding has crippled Pakistan’s agricultural sector, battering the country as it reels from an economic crisis and double-digit inflation that has sent the price of basics soaring.
Pakistan Is Devastated by Floods, Faces Looming Food Crisis
The flooding has crippled Pakistan’s agricultural sector, battering the country as it reels from an economic crisis and double-digit inflation that has sent the price of basics soaring.
Volker Türk, an Austrian Diplomat, Takes U.N. Human Rights Post
One of Volker Türk’s toughest challenges will be determining what to do about a highly critical report on China that his predecessor, Michelle Bachelet, released just before departing.
U.N. Team Calls for No-Fire Zone at Ukraine Nuclear Plant
In a highly anticipated report, nuclear experts who crossed a battlefield to inspect Europe’s largest nuclear plant called for Russia and Ukraine to halt all military activity around the complex.
In Somalia, ‘Famine Is at the Door,’ U.N. Warns
A U.N. official stopped short of officially declaring a famine in the country. But some aid workers said that the threshold had already been reached.
High Seas Deception: How Shady Ships Use GPS to Evade International Law
A technology enabling the transmission of fake locations to carry out murky or even illegal business operations could have profound implications for the enforcement of international law.
How Shady Ships Use GPS to Evade International Law
A technology enabling the transmission of fake locations to carry out murky or even illegal business operations could have profound implications for the enforcement of international law.