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World’s population will hit 7.2 billion next month
The world’s population will hit 7.2 billion next month and 10.9 billion by 2100, with most of the growth a result of high birthrates in the developing world, the United Nations said Thursday. The UN’s latest “World Population Prospects” report said the number of people inhabiting the planet at the…
Colbert warns: The UN wants to make you eat bugs
Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert discussed a recent report by the United Nations that said humans will be turning to bugs as a source of food in the future. People who watch the show each night, Colbert said, will know that he is “un-fond” of the…
Thousands need ‘immediate food assistance’ in Niger
The United Nations on Sunday said 800,000 people in Niger face food insecurity and that some 84,000 are in immediate need of assistance as the humanitarian crisis worsens in the impoverished landlocked African nation. Struck by droughts and shortages of crops, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…
Rand Paul: UN has secret plot to ‘CONFISCATE and DESTROY ALL’ of America’s guns
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Saturday warned President Barack Obama was working on behalf of “anti-American globalists” in the United Nations who were plotting against the U.S. Constitution. In a fundraising email sent on behalf of the National Association on Gun Rights, Paul alleged the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty was…
United Nations adopts global treaty on conventional arms trade
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed the first treaty regulating the conventional arms trade in an attempt to bring transparency and protection of human rights to the often murky industry. Only Syria, North Korea and Iran — which had blocked the measure last week — voted against, but two…
Pro-UN think tank to open office in Bahrain
By Justin Elliott, ProPublica As Bahrain enters the third year of a crisis sparked by Arab Spring protests in 2011, the government continues to bar many human rights advocates and journalists from entering the country. But one non-profit group is not only being welcomed into the tiny Gulf kingdom, it’s…
United Nations: Developing countries imperiled by climate change
The rise of developing nations has cut poverty while the combined economies of Brazil, China and India are on a path to overtake wealthy nations, but failure to act on climate change could reverse those gains, a UN report said Thursday. Developing nations are now driving economic growth, helping to…
United Nations says changing U.S. marijuana laws violate international drug conventions
International Narcotics Control Board criticises decision by some US states to legalise use of cannabis Cannabis decriminalisation measures across the United States, including the medical use of marijuana in California, have been sharply criticised by the United Nations, which has warned Washington they violate the international drug conventions. The International Narcotics Control…
U.S. calls on UN to ban drunken diplomats from budget negotiations
The United States on Monday called for drunk diplomats to be barred from United Nations’ budget negotiations. Annual talks on how much the global body spends have become increasingly tense as western nations call for spending cuts. “We make the modest proposal that the negotiating rooms should in future be…
UN rejects claim that peacekeepers spread cholera epidemic in Haiti
The United Nations on Thursday formally rejected massive damages claims filed by lawyers after UN peacekeepers were accused of introducing a cholera epidemic to Haiti. About 8,000 people have died in the epidemic but UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said the global body had told lawyers the damages claim was “non-receivable”…
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