The average temperature of the world exceeded 1.5 degrees

The average temperature of the world exceeded 1.5 degrees

Göttingen: The EU’s top research group on climate change says the Earth’s average temperature has exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius. According to media reports, Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service used data from seven satellites to understand the characteristics of Earth’s climate. Last month was the hottest month on record, the service found. Additionally, every month since…

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Address root causes of Ukraine war, UN official urges, as anniversary of Russian invasion approaches

Address root causes of Ukraine war, UN official urges, as anniversary of Russian invasion approaches

Miroslav Jenča, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), warned that the fighting risked “further diminishing the prospects for a just and lasting solution”. “The approaching anniversary of the invasion is not only an occasion to recount the horrors of the past two years, but also a reminder…

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Gaza: UN rights chief warns against potential ‘carnage’ in Rafah

Gaza: UN rights chief warns against potential ‘carnage’ in Rafah

Nearly 1.5 million people are now crammed into the southern city on the border with Egypt, and with nowhere further to flee. ‘Terrifying’ situation  A potential full-fledged incursion in Rafah “is terrifying, given the prospect that an extremely high number of civilians, again mostly children and women, will likely be killed and injured,” Mr. Türk…

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UN: Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye

World News in Brief: Syria aid lifelines, Sudan telecoms blackout, increased patrols in Abyei, preventing terrorism

The Syrian Government informed the UN on Saturday of its consent to allow humanitarian assistance to be delivered into the region through two border crossings with Türkiye – Bab al-Salam and Al-Ra’i – until 13 May.  This follows Syria’s decision in January to renew consent for the UN and partners to use the Bab al-Hawa…

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