Around 735 million people around the world suffered from chronic hunger in 2022, many more than before the pandemic COVID-19threatening the global goal of ending hunger by 2030, he said Wednesday United Nations. A multi-year upward trend in hunger rates leveled off last year as many countries recovered from the pandemic, but the war in […]
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Sudan is on the brink of civil war, UN warns after new attack
Sudan is on the verge of a civil warwarned this Sunday the UNa day after dozens of people died in a stroke of the air force in a residential area of Khartoum, the capital. In a video released by the Khartoum State Health Ministry, bodies appear on the ground, some with mangled limbs, under hastily […]
Robots tell UN conference that one day they will be able to run the world
Humanoid robots operated by artificial intelligence (AI) stated Friday at a conference of the UN that one day they could run the world better than humans. However, they believe that humans should be careful with AI and admit that they still do not control our emotions. These robots -some of the most advanced in the […]
Emigrating, “the only option” for many Latin Americans, warns the head of the WFP
Emigrate is “the only option” of many Latin Americans, confronted with the crises of climate changehe covid and the skyrocketing of prices, stated the person in charge of the region of World Food Program (WFP) in an interview with AFP. “It is a hemispheric migration”according to the director for Latin America and the Caribbean of […]
The Chinese Qu Dongyu, re-elected as FAO director with more than 90% of the votes
The Chinese What Dongyu was re-elected this Sunday as general director of the United Nations for Agriculture and Food (FAO) after receiving 168 votes from the 182 member countries, which represents a support of more than 90%. Nominated by China, Qu was the only candidate for the position after the withdrawal of the other applicants, […]
Wagner’s boss rebels against Vladimir Putin, who promises to avoid a civil war
The head of the mercenary group WagnerYevgueni Prigozhin, today took control of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and threatened to march on Moscow, in an armed rebellion that the leader of Russia, Vladimir Putindescribed as treason and that, he assured, will be put down to avoid a new civil war. The international community from […]
Treaty on the high seas: an inclusive agreement with the challenge of facilitating cooperation
The first treaty for the protection of the high seasadopted by consensus this week by the UNstands out for its inclusiveness but also presents challenges, such as aligning the institutional and budgetary capacities of the countries and cooperation so that it achieves its ambitious objectives of conservation of the oceans and equity in access to […]
South African president asks Putin to end the war
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putinreceived today the delegation of seven African leaders to address their peace initiative in Ukraine in the midst of the counteroffensive launched by the kyiv forces, which asked to support it with weapons long range. “Dear friends, it was not us, but the leadership of Ukraine that announced that they […]
Chile, first South American country to declare a feminist foreign policy
The Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, alberto van klaverenpresented this Monday its new Feminist Foreign Policy (PEF), which places Chili at the forefront by becoming the first country in South America to implement this strategy. “Although the concept can generate doubts and even suspicions, the truth is that the basis of a feminist foreign policy […]
Sexual, racial and economic inequalities prolong the AIDS pandemic, warns the UN
The inequalities economic and social, especially racial and sexual discrimination, are prolonging the AIDS pandemic, warned the executive director of Onusida, Winnie Byanyima, in an interview with EFE. “After 40 years of fighting HIV and AIDS, we know that inequalities drive pandemics and prevent us from ending them. And that pandemics also drive inequalities, as […]