UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged governments to ratify the 2023 High Seas Treaty, warning that illegal fishing, plastic waste and rising ocean temperatures are pushing marine ecosystems toward crisis.
Opening the third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, António Guterres said humankind is “failing” the world’s oceans, citing collapsing fish stocks, rising sea levels and acidification. He stressed that oceans absorb about 30 percent of global CO₂ emissions, yet warming waters are eroding this crucial climate buffer. The High Seas Treaty—adopted in 2023—would let countries create marine parks in the two-thirds of international waters that are now largely unprotected; only 1 percent is currently safeguarded.
The pact needs ratification by 60 countries to enter into force; so far 50 have done so, with 15 more pledging to follow, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.
Britain’s Prince William called the task of saving the oceans a challenge “like none we have faced before,” as UN data show ocean-health investments lag far behind the annual US$175 billion required.
On Sunday, the Netherlands' Economy Minister, Vincent Karremans, stated that he expects to meet with a Chinese government official in the coming days ...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to meet "global leaders and top Korean executives" during his attendance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO S...
A large fire at the import cargo complex of Dhaka airport has caused significant damage to goods and materials belonging to key garment exporters, wit...
The Orenburg gas processing plant, the world's largest facility of its kind, has been forced to halt its intake of gas from Kazakhstan following a Ukr...
Israel launched air strikes and artillery fire on Gaza on Sunday, in what officials called a response to militant attacks, as the U.S.-mediated ceasef...
On Sunday, the Netherlands' Economy Minister, Vincent Karremans, stated that he expects to meet with a Chinese government official in the coming days to discuss how to resolve the standoff over Nexperia NV, a computer chip maker whose issues are threatening global automotive supply chains.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to meet "global leaders and top Korean executives" during his attendance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in South Korea this month, the U.S. AI chipmaker announced on Sunday.
A large fire at the import cargo complex of Dhaka airport has caused significant damage to goods and materials belonging to key garment exporters, with losses and impacts on trade potentially amounting to millions of dollars, according to industry leaders on Sunday.
The Orenburg gas processing plant, the world's largest facility of its kind, has been forced to halt its intake of gas from Kazakhstan following a Ukrainian drone strike, according to Kazakhstan's energy ministry.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
A team of Argentine paleontologists has uncovered one of the oldest known dinosaurs, a nearly complete skeleton of a long-necked herbivore that roamed Earth 230 million years ago in what is now La Rioja province.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Papua province in Indonesia on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Five days after historic floods that have killed at least 66 people and damaged 100,000 homes, Mexico is still struggling to provide aid to the worst-affected communities and locate 75 missing individuals, amid growing criticism of the government’s response to the crisis.
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Wednesday, shooting volcanic ash 10 km (6.2 miles) into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said, forcing authorities to raise the alert system to its highest level.
Britain must urgently prepare for global warming of at least 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2050, its climate advisers said on Wednesday (15 October), warning the country is ill-prepared for extreme weather that is already occurring.
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