The 16-year-old climate activist is crossing the Atlantic to attend a United Nations climate summit. She refuses to fly because aviation has such an enormous carbon footprint.
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Car Bomb Kills 3 U.N. Staff Members Outside a Benghazi Mall
The attack came even as Libya’s warring sides said they had accepted a cease-fire proposed by the United Nations ahead of a Muslim holiday.
‘A Civil War Within a Civil War’ as Fighting Rages in Southern Yemen
Dozens have been killed as two forces that are supposed to be allies clashed in the city of Aden.
U.N. Sounds Alarm Over Killings in Idlib as Syria Cease-Fire Collapses
A cease-fire agreement signed in Kazakhstan had produced a flicker of hope. But it lasted all of three days, with air force jets hitting targets in the province on Friday.
Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warns
The world’s land is being exploited at an “unprecedented” rate, a United Nations report on climate change warns, putting pressure on food production and amplifying the risk of mass migration.
Myanmar Military’s Vast Business Revenue Enables Abuses, U.N. Says
The commercial empire helps the armed forces finance fighting with ethnic groups and shields rights abuses from civilian oversight, a panel said.
In Hammarskjold’s Native Sweden, Hint of State Secrets Linked to His 1961 Death
A prominent Swedish researcher examining the mystery of the United Nations Secretary General’s 1961 plane crash has been denied access to some government archives.
ISIS, Eyeing Europe, Could Launch Attacks This Year, U.N. Warns
Less than five months after its military defeat in Syria, the group is considering attacks designed to “exacerbate existing dissent and unrest” in European nations.
Kelly Craft Is Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to United Nations
Senators voted largely along party lines to confirm President Trump’s nominee, who became the American ambassador to Canada in 2017.
For Afghan Civilians, Road Between Life and Death Is Narrow — and Mined
A bus full of civilians — including university students and families — struck a roadside bomb, leaving 35 people dead in an inferno of fire and blood.