The Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM) for the Wider Caribbean has been officially activated and will commence its activities this year, marking a significant achievement in advancing the sustainable ...

At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned. Heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods ...

GENEVA (24 January 2025) – The Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, Albert Kwokwo Barume, has commended the decision by outgoing United States President Joe Biden to issue an ...

The M23 recently took control of the city of Sake following fighting with the DRC armed forces. Recent hostilities between the M23, the DRC army and other armed groups in the village of Bweremana, ...

It sends an important signal to the Taliban that members of its leadership are liable for committing international crimes, including gender persecution, and may face arrest and trial. Equally, the ...

Israel, as the occupying power, has the responsibility to protect the population in the territory it occupies. As UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has stressed, Israel must adopt and ...

Five outstanding and invaluable contributors to the Santos Tour Down Under have been named as the inaugural inductees of the event’s Hall of Fame during Legends Night Dinner presented by Telstra.

Luxon cited Taranaki and the West Coast as potential areas where mining could deliver “higher incomes, support for local business and families, and more investment in local infrastructure”.

"Interest rate increases in response to post-pandemic inflation had pushed the country in to a recession and unemployment increased sharply. Across the developed world, HSBC's estimates suggest New ...

It is too early to tell what impact the current HIV outbreak in Fiji may have on New Zealand, a charity at the forefront of New Zealand's response to the virus says. Fiji has recorded 1093 new HIV ...

US President Donald Trump has announced the new US Ambassador to New Zealand, as Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Peters ...

A proposal by McCallum Brothers Ltd to dredge for sand off Bream Bay, south of Whangārei, is one of 149 projects nationwide - ...