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Record 40°C UK temperatures linked to climate change: WMO
The chances of seeing unprecedented temperatures of 40 degree Celsius (40°C) or more in the UK could be up to 10 times more likely in the current climate than under…
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Poland ranked first in the EU for granting asylum to the most Ukrainians
As of May 31, 2022, Poland ranked first and Bulgaria ranked second among the EU countries in which the most Ukrainians were granted the right to asylum, according to Eurostat…
News
Nigeria: New UN resilience project
Nigeria: New UN resilience project paves ‘pathway to peace and sustainable development’
News
Champion young people as ‘drivers of change’, UN chief urges
Young people must be recognized around the world as “drivers of change” and empowered to become “fully engaged in decisions affecting their future,” said Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday, World…
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Key UN forum closes with ‘enthusiasm, passion and high-energy’ to reach the SDGs
Following two years of virtual meetings due to COVID-19, the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) closed on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York with delegates showing…
Human Rights
Europol busts a Vietnamese smuggling syndicate
Nine people were arrested With the support of Europol's European Migrant Smuggling Center (EMSC), parallel investigations in five EU Member States have broken up a criminal syndicate smuggling Vietnamese people…
Europe
Ukraine: Guterres condemns deadly missile attack on Vinnytsia
The UN Secretary-General is appalled by the deadly missile attack on Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Thursday, that reportedly killed at least 22 people
Council of Europe
Tirana will demand secession on the way to the EU if Skopje does not support the “French” proposal
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama expressed hope that North Macedonia will support in the parliament the "French" proposal to end the dispute with Bulgaria, because otherwise he will demand "the…
Defense
An international scheme for fictitious marriages: Men from the Middle East married Bulgarian women
They did this because of a legal stay in the EU Through fictitious marriages with Bulgarian men from the Middle East, they manage to secure a legal stay on the…
News
Peru and UNODC expand the container control program in seaports
Piura (Peru), July 13, 2022 — Approximately 90% of world trade is carried out through maritime containers, of which more than 780 million are delivered annually in the trade supply…