UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global...
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Global push to end plastic pollution gains ground in Nice
Behind closed doors, in a domed conference pavilion steps away from the historic port of Nice, more than 40 ministers...
‘No Ocean Declaration without small islands’: Delegates push for inclusion as UN summit nears end
With one day remaining before the conclusion of the Third UN Ocean Conference, delegates in Nice are preparing for the...
Gang violence displaces a record 1.3 million Haitians
Nearly 1.3 million people have been forced to flee gang violence in Haiti and seek refuge elsewhere within the Caribbean...
‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice
At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet...
The world pledged to end child labour by 2025: So why are 138 million kids still working?
12-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the...
World News in Brief: Global growth slows, deadly Ukraine attacks, Haiti hurricane hunger risk, legal migration for refugees
Global economic growth is expected to decline this year due to increased trade barriers and policy uncertainty, the World Bank...
The battle to quiet the sea: Can the shipping industry turn down the volume?
The ocean has never been silent – waves crashing, seabirds calling, whales singing across vast distances. But in recent decades,...
Greed is driving oceans toward collapse
The ocean is under siege – and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged world leaders...
Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA
The global fertility slump isn’t down to young people turning their backs on parenthood – it’s due to social and...