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Taxing digital companies: UN tax panel working on new set of rules

Discusses adopting multilateral approach in tax treaties for faster solution

UN Office for Project Services chief resigns after probe into investments

Faremo's resignation was accepted Sunday, the day the New York Times reported that the agency made a baffling series of financial decisions that purportedly led to $25 million in losses

Aila, Amphan, Asani: Here's how different cyclones are named and why

Short and easy-to-pronounce names are helpful in rapidly and effectively disseminating detailed storm information between hundreds of scattered stations, coastal bases and ships at sea

Taliban hijab decree may hobble engagement with int'l community, warns UN

The Taliban on Saturday ruled women must cover their faces in public

UN calls for urgent seed, fertilizer aid for conflict zones in Ethiopia

Ethiopia's main rainy season, which covers the period from June to September, contributes to the production of about 85 percent to 95 percent of the food crops of the country

Russia-Ukraine war: Dozens more civilians rescued from Mariupol steel plant

Russian and Ukrainian officials said 50 people were evacuated from the Azovstal plant and handed over to representatives of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross

UNSC unanimously backs chief Guterres' peace bid in Ukraine conflict

The 15-nation Council, under the current monthly Presidency of the US, unanimously adopted a very brief Presidential Statement on Ukraine Friday

Russia-Ukraine war: UN races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant

Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia's most recent estimate, are holed up in the vast maze of tunnels and bunkers beneath the Azovstal steelworks, and they have repeatedly refused to surrender

End this senseless and ruthless war in Ukraine, urges UN Chief Guterres

In his meetings with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Guterres said he also focused on the need for quick action to ensure a steady flow of food and energy in open markets

Robert Piper becomes Guterres' special adviser on internal displacement

The appointment of a special adviser "is a key component of the secretary-general's Action Agenda on Internal Displacement", according to a statement issued by the UN chief's office

France backs India's bid for permanent membership in reformed UNSC, NSG

The five permanent members are Russia, the UK, China, France and the United States and these countries can veto any substantive resolution.

UN delegation in Amritsar to learn how India moves wheat to Afghanistan

"We are here to see the initiative that the Government of India has taken for the people of Afghanistan," noted Sandro Banao, Commodity Specialist at the UN World Food Programme

UN agency in talks with India on procuring wheat to offset global shortages

India has a wheat stockpile estimated at about 100 million tonnes, which exceeds the requirements for a safety net

UN action plan for clean, affordable energy by 2030 announced

The United Nations announced coalitions to support energy access and transition for Nigeria and Santiago, Chile.

40 million more pushed into acute hunger last year: United Nations

The United Nations defines "acute food insecurity" as when a person's inability to consume adequate food puts their lives or livelihoods in immediate danger

Live news updates: EMIs to rise as RBI hikes repo rate by 40 bps

The MPC raised the key lending rate or the repo rate by 40 basis points to 4.40%, Governor Shaktikanta Das said.

World Food Program to visit Punjab to study wheat storage facility

WFP on Wednesday started a visit to Punjab to understand the process of procurement, testing and transportation of wheat to Afghanistan

Blinken to hold meeting on food security threatened by Ukraine war

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be holding a ministerial-level meeting in the United Nations on action for global food security in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

UN chief welcomes evacuation of civilians from Azovstal plant in Mariupol

Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries said on Monday that more than 100 people had been evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol of Ukraine

Civilians from Mariupol steel plant reach Ukrainian-held city: UN

The first convoy of civilians to escape a decimated steel plant in Mariupol reached relative safety in a Ukrainian-controlled city