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Why Did Australia Pause $6 Million in Gaza Aid?
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia would "continue to support the people of Gaza."
Australia Backed a Global Transition From Fossil Fuels at COP28 – But Scientists Are 'Devastated'
Australia was one of the key proponents of the word “transition” in the final COP28 deal, but 130 countries wanted stronger language.
Australia Calls for a "Sustainable Ceasefire" in Gaza
Alongside 152 other nations, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese voted in favour of a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza in the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
Gig Work Wages In U.S. Are So Bad They're a Human Rights Issue, U.N. Poverty Expert Says
A United Nations poverty expert sent letters to Amazon, DoorDash, and Walmart, demanding they address allegations of extremely low wages and misclassifying workers as contractors.
Australia Abstains From UN General Assembly Vote on Gaza Truce
The resolution was passed with 120 countries in support, 14 countries against, and 45 abstaining, including Australia.
Cocaine Use Is Surging, UN Drug Report Says
While global production has grown to meet demand, police seizures are outpacing supply.
‘I Don’t Trust Him’: The Women Battling the World’s Forgotten Sexual Health Crisis
Stigma around using contraception before marriage and the belief that only sex workers contract STIs is driving a sexual health crisis in Laos, and a new railway connecting into China could make things even worse.
A UN Debate About Ukraine Somehow Became an Argument About Stolen Gorillas
A DR Congo representative accused Rwanda of stealing mountain gorillas and chimpanzees from the country’s forest in a wild tangent.
‘A Major Vindication’: UN Says China Committed Serious Rights Violations in Xinjiang
“We were forced to sing patriotic song after patriotic song every day, as loud as possible and until it hurts, until our faces become red and our veins appeared on our face.”
Uyghurs Say the United Nations Is Failing Them
China’s growing clout in the United Nations is undermining the credibility of the international body, experts say.
The UN Is Finally, Maybe, Doing Something About Plastic Pollution
About 10 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into our oceans every year—the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic every minute. A new UN treaty is trying to fight that.
As Russia Attacked Ukraine, Their Ambassadors Lashed Each Other in a UN Meeting
“There is no purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell, ambassador.”