There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen, so said Vladimir Lenin. The start of 2026 has brought too many of the latter. The US abduction of the president of a sovereign ...

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was re-elected as the head of the Workers' Party, cementing his 15-year grip on the country’s sole ruling party. Mr Kim was re-elected as general secretary in a ...

Indigenous peoples and the role they may play in combating climate change are rarely considered in public discourses on climate change. The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, is well ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. A nonresident alien is a noncitizen who "has not passed the green card test or the ...

We have launched a new website for Sustainable Development in the United Nations. Please visit the Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform at http ...