Displaced people have fled their homes but remain within the borders of their own country. A Geneva-based migration research group reports that conflicts and natural disasters left a record 76 million people internally displaced.
The Kakhovka Dam's destruction caused widespread floods, pollution, and displacement. The long-term effects involve environmental damage, poisoned land, and the need to rebuild.
Local people and government officials in Uganda are concerned about the environmental effects of tree-cutting for charcoal production. Now, people are attacking charcoal producers.
UNESCO officials announced that the United States would rejoin the U.N. cultural and educational agency. They said the U.S. agreed to pay more than $600 million on its return.
The move is Russia's first deployment of nuclear weapons outside the country after the fall of the Soviet Union. The shorter-range less powerful nuclear weapons could possibly be used on the battlefield.