United Nations

Progress will be difficult, and the price tag large

The war is likely to leave 20% to 30% of Ukraine’s crop area for the 2022 season unplanted or unharvested, UN estimates

Antonio Guterres sees a "hellscape of temperature rises" if emissions aren't cut more than currently planned.

SINGAPORE (July 25): The US-China trade war is threatening to drag export-reliant Singapore into a recession and aggravating underlying risks facing the former tiger economy.

(Sept 15): North Korea fired its second missile over Japan in as many months, a fresh provocation that comes shortly after the United Nations approved harsher sanctions against Kim Jong Un’s regime.

(Sept 12): The United Nations Security Council approved new sanctions aimed at punishing North Korea for its latest missile and nuclear tests after the US dropped key demands in order to win support from Russia and China.

NEW YORK/SEOUL (Sept 7): The US is circulating a draft resolution at the United Nations that would bar crude oil exports to North Korea, ban the nation’s exports of textiles and prohibit employment of its guest workers by other countries, according to a

(Dec 6): China’s investment is transforming its smaller Southeast Asian neighbors like never before while helping turn Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar into bigger destinations for its exports.

NEW YORK (Aug 31): Singapore on Wednesday blasted widespread calls to make the worldwide fight against illicit drugs less punitive, using a major meeting at the United Nations to argue that a "soft approach" would cause a flood of narcotics to the