The updated World Employment and Social Outlook report predicts that the global unemployment rate will be 4.9 per cent in 2024, slightly down from 5.0 per cent in 2023. This represents a revision from the previous projection in January of 5.2 per cent for this year, which is expected to flatten in 2025, with unemployment…
There are predicted to be more than 35 million cancer cases during 2050, up from the estimated 20 million in 2022, according to latest figures from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a specialized branch of the UN World Health Organization (WHO). The increase reflects both population ageing and growth, as well as…
This year, the anti-corruption conference, as the Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) is popularly known, marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Convention. “Corruption not only robs resources, it robs people of hope,” Mr. Guterres said in a video message, urging all Parties to use this opportunity to strengthen international cooperation to prevent, detect,…
“Without fuel, there will be no water, no functioning hospitals and bakeries. Without fuel, aid will not reach those in desperate need. Without fuel, there will be no humanitarian assistance. No fuel will further strangle the children, women and people of Gaza,” he said in a statement. UNRWA is the largest humanitarian agency in the…
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, said “we often advocate the promotion of a rules-based order. From time to time, respect for the UN Charter is also invoked.” “But for all the talk, there are still a few nations who shape the agenda and seek to define the norms. This cannot go on indefinitely. Nor…
Melting ice and glaciers and rising sea levels threaten more socio-economic disruption in future, according to the agency’s latest State of the Climate report for the region. The mean temperature over Asia for 2022 was the second or third warmest on record and was about 0.72 degrees Celsius (°C) above the 1991–2020 average, which was…
Riots and arson continue in France—images courtesy of foreign media During the ongoing unrest in France, rioters also set fire to the house of Mayor Vincent Jean-Bern. According to international media reports, angry protesters rammed a car into the mayor’s house, injuring the mayor’s wife and child. The mayor of Paris, Vincent Jean-Bern, said that…
Climate shocks are triggering worsening security environments, from Afghanistan to Mali, and UN peacekeeping missions are taking steps to adapt, from reducing their carbon footprint to addressing myriad related consequences. “Given the growing linkages of climate change, peace, and security as well as the broader changes to the conflict dynamics in the areas in which…
Swedish military personnel Sweden will set up bases for NATO troops even before it officially joins the military alliance. Swedish Prime Minister Alf Kristerson and Defense Minister Paul Johnson say that the government has decided that the Swedish armed forces can train with NATO and NATO countries can also conduct joint operations in the future….
Photos, international media China’s first passenger plane is set to challenge Boeing and Airbus. According to the Chinese newspaper China Daily, the C919 single-aisle aircraft was built by the Commercial Aviation Corporation of China as Beijing eyes to enter the global aircraft market, where China is competing with French aircraft maker Airbus and the US….
