The UN’s top humanitarian official in Ukraine on Thursday condemned a Russian drone attack on the city of Dnipro that killed at least 13 civilians and injured 10 others at its main railway station.
From salmon spawning grounds in Canada to coral reefs in Indonesia, ecosystems around the world are being restored at an unprecedented rate.
Cheap drones, autonomous vessels and cyberattacks are changing the threats to the world’s shipping lanes – and the tools to counter them. At an open debate on Thursday, the Security Council is weighing how emerging technologies could both endanger and protect seafarers, global trade and food and energy…
In 2025, the EU and its 27 member states contributed €32.3 billion in climate finance from public sources and mobilised an additional amount of €9.3 billion of private finance to support developing countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Eurogroup President, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, commented on the announcement of President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, to step down on 7 February 2027.
President of the European Council António Costa issued a statement on the announcement by Christine Lagarde of her forthcoming departure from the European Central Bank on 7 February 2027.
Opium production in Afghanistan has risen fivefold in a year. According to a UN survey released on Thursday, it’s the first significant increase since the Taliban banned poppy cultivation in 2022.
APOD Science APOD APOD: 29 October 2026 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation…
The first named storm of the North Indian Ocean’s cyclone season made landfall along the coast of Andhra Pradesh.
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman has been named Caltech associate vice president and deputy director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The emeritus astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain begins his new role at NASA’s center of excellence for robotics and deep space exploration and at…
The growing importance of trade between developing economies - South-South trade - is highlighted in a joint publication launched on Day 1 (29 October) of the 10th Global Review of Aid for Trade by the WTO and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). The publication examines…
At a meeting of the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) on 29 October, WTO members considered five regional trade agreements (RTAs) among members as well as three involving non-members. They also took note of new RTA notifications and adopted the Committee's annual report for 2026.