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Mounting maritime security threats off Yemens coast have stalled work on scrapping a decrepit oil tanker, officials have told AFP, jeopardising a rare success story in the war-torn country.

Mounting maritime security threats off Yemen's coast have stalled work on scrapping a decrepit oil tanker, officials have told AFP, jeopardising a rare success story in the war-torn country.- Yemen's rival authorities in Sanaa and Aden are at odds over who owns the oil that was on the Safer as well as the new tanker that now holds it, the MT-Yemen. 

 The project to decommission the decaying oil tanker turned storage unit off Yemen fell from public attention after the UN reported last August that i...

The voices and concerns of developing countries in the UN, collectively referred to as the “Global South”, prioritise peace, security, and development. These objectives require an integrated framework for international cooperation, with the Global...

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Investments addressing the women’s health gap could add years to life and life to years—and potentially boost the global economy by $1 trillion annually by 2040.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Wednesday it marked its maiden participation at a side event of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The side event, titled “Reducing the Climate Finance Gap…

Electric mobility is on the verge of fundamentally rewriting mobility. The other (promising piece of climate tech) is green hydrogen. And looking over the next 10 years, its probably storage, says Achim Steiner, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

UNDP Assistant Secretary-General Ahunna Eziakonwa to speak at Freie Universität Berlin about growth opportunities and challenges on the African contin....