Conservation Efforts for Caucasian Leopards Show Promise
For years, a leopard roamed the high mountain ridges and deep gorges in the sparsely-populated region of southern…
AI’s ‘opportunity divide’ could deepen global inequality, UN official warns | Technology News
Doha, Qatar – Artificial intelligence (AI) risks widening the gap between rich and poor countries, potentially deepening existing…
‘We will slow down as much as necessary’: AI bosses warn UN over rapidly advancing technology
OPENAI CEO SAM Altman has warned the UN Security Council that the rapid development of artificial intelligence “calls…
Burnham wants UK to lead on developing AI safety, after Trump dismisses concerns as a ‘hoax’
UK PRIME MINISTER Andy Burnham has told the United Nations (UN) General Assembly that he wants the UK…
Trump weighs ‘big decision’ on Iran, rejects AI push in major UN speech on ‘American power’
US President Donald Trump has used a speech at the UN to portray “American power” as the solution…
Helen McEntee and Neale Richmond to travel to New York for UN meetings today
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN Affairs Helen McEntee and Minister of State for International Development Neale Richmond are today travelling to…
Catholic orgs tell UN about Irish State education discrimination
Catholic education organisations have raised the discriminatory effects of Irish State education policy at the United Nations, highlighting…
Ireland has ‘stalled if not regressed’ on human rights, rights groups to tell UN in Geneva
TWO IRISH HUMAN rights organisations are to address UN member states today to warn of what they say…
The world inches closer to catastrophic climate events
NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the…
After decades of drought, water is returning to the south of the Sahara Desert as ancient farming techniques and the Great Green Wall breathe new life into the Sahel |
Communities dig water-harvesting pits to restore degraded land and improve soil moisture in the Sahel. For decades, the…
UN warns record strong El Nino will add fuel to a burning planet
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages,…
Ebola outbreak is worsening food insecurity in eastern Congo, UN agency says
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in…