Events

Scientists have uncovered some surprises in cactus family trees.

Bigger and stronger storms could strike New York City as sea levels rise—but those storms may be less frequent. See the maximum storm surge map.

Prime Minister Filip Had a Meeting with the IMF Mission Team

Minister for Africa Rory Stewart welcomes African High Commissioners and Ambassadors to the UK.

Although the debate on migration has largely focused on Europe, the global compact being negotiated must be adapted to the realities and peculiarities of each region, including Africa, where more than half of migrants moved to other countries on the continent.

Annual deaths from measles dropped below 100,000 last year for the first time 90,000, United Nations and other international agencies reported on Thursday, as they warned however that the world is still far from reaching goals on eliminating the disease.

Some 3.9 million people across several regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been displaced from their homes, and amid growing violence and unrest, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Tuesday that the number could rise even further.

Despite progress towards global eradication of polio, sustained commitment is needed to overcome the final hurdle and stamp out the disease once and for all, the United Nations health agency said today, the World Polio Day.

The Head of the Executive also stressed the UN's valuable assistance and expertise, from which Moldova has benefited its strategies and development programmes in the most diverse areas.

"It's important to know where and how big lunar lava tubes are if we're ever going to construct a lunar base."

A United Nations-supported humanitarian conference today raised more than $344 million to fund critical relief programmes for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh.

Some 650 people are killed each day in road accidents throughout Africa, a senior United Nations official today said, calling for more to be done to keep drivers – as well as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists – safe.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano highlighted the IAEA’s contributions in the field of nuclear medicine at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Annual Congress in Vienna on Saturday.

The EU leaders discussed the Union’s development over a breakfast meeting on Friday 20 October. The meeting was followed by a European Council meeting (Art. 50) where the EU leaders examined the state of the Brexit negotiations.

This is the third meeting of mayors of cities of the Pact, after the inaugural one held in Milan in 2015 and the one that took place at the FAO headquarters in Rome in 2016