Major glaciers will be gone by 2050 due to climate change, U.N. warns
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is the only way to save the remaining glaciers, but last week the U.N. warned there's "no credible pathway" for that to happen.
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Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is the only way to save the remaining glaciers, but last week the U.N. warned there's "no credible pathway" for that to happen.
"The United States and Ukraine went through Russia's allegations in Geneva, point by point, and debunked every single one," said the U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
Europe is a leader in climate mitigation. That couldn't save it from also becoming a leader in temperature increases.
Ships carrying grain from Ukraine are still on the move despite Russia suspending a deal meant to protect the shipments. The deal, brokered by the U.N. and Turkey, has helped bring global food prices down from their peak in March. Cary Fowler, the U.S. State Department special envoy for global food security, joined CBS News to discuss how this will impact world hunger.
Russian authorities are ramping up evacuations in Ukraine's southern Kherson region. They claim Ukraine could be preparing to attack a key dam and flood the region. Kyiv has rejected the claims and accused Moscow of considering staging a similar attack. CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams has the latest from Ukraine.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, accused Russia of playing "hunger games" by imperiling global food shipments.
Karim Elkorany did not use condoms and "callously and cruelly joked about drugging and raping them" afterward, prosecutors said.
The agreement marks a major breakthrough in relations between the two nations, which have formally been at war since Israel's creation in 1948.
Nations pledged to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but three new U.N. reports show that the world is on track to hit nearly double that in less than 80 years.
The 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army are in Romania to deter adversaries from attacking NATO territory. Roughly 4,700 soldiers of the 101st were deployed from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to reinforce NATO's eastern flank. Charlie D'Agata takes a look.
The U.N. Security Council is discussing claims that Russia is using Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine. The meets is happening as Ukraine deals with rolling blackouts after it says it lost 30% of its power stations. CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams joins us with update from Kyiv, Ukraine.
A 2015 U.N. Security Council resolution bans the sale of drones capable of traveling more than 300 kilometers.
The United Nations is grappling with how it should respond to myriad crises in Haiti. Unrest has spread across the nation over the last month. Margarett Lubin, an area manager for the nonprofit CORE, discussed what her organization is doing to help and the U.N.'s proposals.
A report from the World Health Organization found that 500 million people will develop diseases if they don't increase their physical activity.
A formal famine declaration is expected in the coming weeks, but desperate families are already burying their malnourished children as aid workers plead for help.
Biden addressing U.N. General Assembly; New documentary examines life of Muhammad Ali
By a 143-5 vote, the General Assembly condemned Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of four Ukrainian territories.
Some Russian men are trying to flee the country after President Vladimir Putin called up 300,000 army reservists for his invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Putin is once again making veiled nuclear threats to the West. William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, joined CBS News' Elaine Quijano to discuss the situation.
Swedish lawmaker Abir Al-Sahlani, who was born in Iraq, cut her hair while delivering a speech during a parliament debate on the protests in Iran at the European Union. “Until the women of Iran are free, we are going to stand with you,"" she said as she cut off her hair.
Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer Namazi, are considered by the U.S. to be wrongfully detained in Iran.
More than a dozen soldiers have appeared on Burkina Faso's state broadcaster to declare they have overthrown the country's coup leader.
After a five-month ceasefire that enabled humanitarian agencies to help only a fraction of those in need, images suggest Ethiopian and Eritrean troops are on the move.
Russia says the areas of Ukraine it occupies have overwhelmingly voted to officially join Russia. But the United Nations denounces the referendums as a sham and a pretext to annexation. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Seoul says the provocations will only deepen North Korea's international isolation while pushing South Korea and the United States to strengthen their deterrence.
The largest United Nations General Assembly in recent years will reconvene in person this week after nearly two years of holding virtual and hybrid summits. CBS News correspondent Pamela Falk reports what to expect in the coming days.