The United Nations special envoy for Syria said Monday that international diplomacy is crucial to ending Syria’s 10-year war.Geir Pedersen told the Security Council that it’s important to establish a new format to bring together…
By Maja ZuvelaSARAJEVO (Reuters) – Most Western Balkan countries have failed to fulfil the first requirement to meet European Union industrial emissions standards despite commitments governments made in 2005, environmental campaigners warned on Tuesday.Total sulphur…
Mary Robinson is the former president of Ireland, the former U.N. High Commissioner for human rights and the current chair of the Elders. That's a group of independent global leaders who were brought together back…
With a quarter of its land below sea level, the Netherlands is particularly vulnerable to climate change. No wonder then that climate is one of the main topics in this week’s general election.Photojournalist Kadir van…
PARIS (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had told Russian President Vladimir Putin in bilateral talks in Paris on Monday that Germany expects Russia to provide information for an investigation into the murder of…
In March 2011, 88 000 people lived in the Fukushima Prefecture before an extremely powerful tsunami struck the region, destroying much of the area and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The last 10 years…
In North Korea’s first comments directed at the Biden administration, Kim Jong-un’s sister criticised the US and South Korea for holding military exercises and warned the former against further provocations if it wants a “good…
By Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and other countries seeking to use U.S. technology to develop nuclear power plants must agree to comprehensive U.N. inspections under legislation to be included in the defence policy…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday picked his fourth health minister since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, amid the worst throes of the disease in the country yet and after a series of errors decried by…
In the face of the growing prominence of coronavirus variants, such as the ones found in the UK, Brazil and South Africa, a universal vaccine efficient against all strains is the goal.Around 20 teams across…
©Cuff News All Rights Reserved 2021
