2022 Year in Review: Amid global turmoil, UN doggedly pursues international climate agreements
Despite strong evidence that human activity played a role in catastrophic weather events, and the emergence of a fuel crisis…
Monthly Archives: December 2022
2022 Year in Review: 100 million displaced, ‘a record that should never have been set’
A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need…
Blackouts pose potentially deadly risk to Ukrainians who need power for lifesaving medical devices
For Olena Isayenko, the beeping sound her oxygen machine makes when disconnected from power is far scarier than the screeching…
Horn of Africa faces most severe drought in more than two generations – UNICEF
The number of children suffering from dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five…
For first known time in public, Putin calls fighting in Ukraine a ‘war’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used the word “war” to refer to the conflict in Ukraine, the first known…
Zelenskyy comes to Washington and pulls neither punches nor asks
The Ukrainian president asked for money, weapons and continued support in a trip that comes amid a shifting power dynamic…