More than 10 young American entrepreneurs visited Hong Kong from 4 to 8 November as part of a China-US youth exchange delegation, attending the Youth Development Summit and touring technology, government and cultural sites.
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The UN Secretary-General urged North and South Korea to resume military-to-military communication, called for an independent investigation into a detained staffer's death in Yemen, and warned against AI shaped by a handful of companies.
Ahead of COP31 in Antalya, UN Special Adviser on Climate Action and Just Transition Selwin Hart says overshoot should spur urgency, not resignation, and that the world has never been better equipped to solve the climate challenge.
The 2026 Adaptation Gap Report finds developing countries will need roughly $305 billion annually by 2035 to build climate resilience, but even tripled international public finance would cover at most 29 per cent of needs.
Wilson Joseph, leader of the 400 Mawozo gang, has written to the UN seeking talks while El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti to search for four missing soldiers. The UN says receiving the letter does not imply endorsement.
Fighting has sealed all roads into Taiz, cutting off supplies to nearly a quarter of a million people as a dozen hospitals risk closure. Meanwhile, funding cuts are shuttering Afghan health centres and the UN has begun the phased closure of its Western Sahara mission.
Source: UN News. Text reproduced with attribution. The United Nations Security Council has unanimously voted to extend its sanctions regime on Sudan for two months, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the...
Source: UN News. Text reproduced with attribution. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has verified that at least 52 women and one girl were arrested or detained in Kabul and Herat between July and September...
Source: UN News. Text reproduced with attribution. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, the former United Nations human rights chief, honoring her "for her efforts...
