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The Stand With Israel Act would target agencies that "expel, downgrade, suspend or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Israel"

The paper published with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) highlighted that poverty rates were three times higher in countries at war, as 2023 saw the most conflicts around the world since the Second World War.

Dominican president, Luis Abinader announced on Wednesday the country will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an 'excess' of immigrants

Video of the two speeches side-by-side has amassed more than 21,000 on YouTube, with dozens of social media users poking fun at Milei.

Instead, the focus is now on renewing the mandate of the current Multinational Security Support mission for one year

A Russian representative was confronted in front of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday over his nation's alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

Maintaining peace and international security is one of the UN's central missions, but its record has been badly tarnished as bloodshed intensifies in conflicts across the world, including in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.

The proposed switch would address funding shortfalls, as such missions are typically financed through member nations' assessed contributions

The UN Fact-Finding Mission reporting on Venezuela released a statement on Wednesday, warning of "accelerated reactivation of the repressive machinery"

The "United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime" originated in 2017 when Russian diplomats sent the world body's secretary-general a letter outlining the initiative.

Survival International Director Caroline Pearce said that the situation is a "humanitarian disaster in the making."

The UN's weather and climate agency called for greater vigilance in the face of climate change, as drier surface soil leads to more dust being carried in the wind.

Safety concerns and the cost of developing next-level systems have slowed down progress on autonomous vehicles, but work on regulations is motoring ahead, said the UN.

"Ensure U.S. taxpayer dollars don't support the interests of criminal regimes," his letter says.

The thousands gathered at the conference heard how advances in generative AI are already speeding up efforts to solve some of the world's most pressing problems, such as climate change, hunger and social care.

A mission in the occupied Palestinian territories, for example, is only "very, very, very hypothetical," Under Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said.

This year, May 25th will mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the first-ever international tournament at the 1924 Paris Games.

Robed lawyers from the two countries embark on two weeks of hearings, wrestling over interpretations of international law in the gilded Peace Palace of the International Court of Justice.

The statement comes after March was reported as the 10th month in a row to set a global heat record

The boxer has been a world champion since 2016; "there's nothing a woman can't do"

Russia on Thursday blocked the renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring international sanctions on North Korea, weeks after the body said it was investigating reports of arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang.

The UN General Assembly will turn its attention to artificial intelligence on Thursday, weighing a resolution that lays out the potentially transformational technology's pros and cons while calling for the establishment of international standards.

"There is a high probability that 2024 will again break the record of 2023", WMO climate monitoring chief Omar Baddour told reporters.

According to the estimate, 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2022, a 51 percent decrease since 2000 and a 62 percent drop since 1990.

The emergency will be extended for another month as gang members have threatened to destroy the government, resulting in thousands of individuals fleeing their homes.

FGM, which can cause fatal bleeding or infections, can also have long-term consequences such as fertility problems, childbirth complications, stillbirth and painful sexual intercourse.

Drowning and road accidents as a result of being in a dangerous mean of transportation were the main causes

UNESCO experts tested Meta's Llama 2 algorithm and OpenAI's GPT-2 and GPT-3.5, the program that powers the free version of popular chatbot ChatGPT.

Venezuelans living in Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Brazil have, on average, higher levels of education than locals

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