U.N. global plastics pollution summit ends without agreement in Geneva
A 20-foot-tall take on Rodin's iconic "Thinker" sculpture pictured Friday outside U.N. headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, as an 8-day effort to agree a global plastic…
A 20-foot-tall take on Rodin's iconic "Thinker" sculpture pictured Friday outside U.N. headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, as an 8-day effort to agree a global plastic…
China’s Xi and Brazil’s Lula discuss cooperation amid fallout of US President Donald Trump’s trade war.Chinese President Xi Jinping has suggested that China and Brazil…
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have held rallies and marches in cities around the world in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, demanding an end to…
Despite spending more on psychiatric services and prescribing psychiatric medications at a higher rate than almost any other nation, mental health in the United States…
Each year, the world produces about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste – more than the combined weight of all the people on Earth.Just 9…
Already the home of Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles is now also the home of South Korea’s Shohei Ohtani.Like Ohtani, Son Heung-min has been the most…
The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, which represents hundreds of companies mostly from the United States, opposes the introduction of a controversial pro-labor bill…
WASHINGTON — When President Trump rocked the economy with an unprecedented attack on global trade in April, the plan was dismissed as swaggering, capricious and unsustainable. Market…
Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday unveiled the names of the proposed separate entities, post-breakup: Warner Bros. and Discovery Global. When the corporate spin-off is complete…
Global hunger fell in 2024 for a third straight year, but conflict and climate shocks deepened crises in Africa and the Middle East.Global hunger levels…
After finally getting approval from the Federal Communications Commission, Skydance Media is just weeks away from completing its $8-billion merger with Paramount Global, leading to…
Company says 2.5-hour disruption of high-speed internet service was due to ‘failure’ of internal software services.SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has suffered one of its biggest…
WASHINGTON — As the United Nations and global aid groups sound the alarm of widening starvation resulting from U.S.-backed Israeli food distribution policies in the Gaza Strip,…
The US is pulling out of UNESCO, saying the UN agency focuses on divisive issues.Born from the ashes of World War II, UNESCO was founded…
States no longer employ war as a tool to achieve their goals. Preferring to utilize more peaceful methods, states employ it to pursue highly consequential…
UN chief Antonio Guterres says ‘the fossil fuel age is flailing and failing’ as renewable energy becomes cheaper.The global switch to renewable energy has passed…
This summer, the global economic stage is hosting two wildly contrasting blockbusters in trade policy, each promising a different future for international commerce. On one…
July 18 (UPI) -- Latin America's major currencies gained an average of 6% against the U.S. dollar in the first half of the year. Countries…
Indonesia is apparently seeking a secure position in an unstable world situation. It fosters cooperation through partnerships for this purpose. In this situation, Indonesia’s President…