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A worker collects plastic trash that litters the polluted Potpecko Lake near a dam's hydroelectric plant near the town of Priboj, Serbia, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Countries split on plastics treaty focus as UN talks close

A truck is seen at a grain terminal during barley harvesting in Ukraine on June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Igor Tkachenko

World food price index ticks lower in November

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi meets with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (not pictured) ahead of a G-7 foreign ministers meeting, in Muenster, Germany, November 3, 2022. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

Japan will use G7, UN roles to pressure Russia on Ukraine

Crunch UN biodiversity meeting seeks to save 'planet in crisis'

The sun sets over the Ifo extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border, July 31, 2011. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

UN aid chief wants 25% more money in 2023, no famine in Somalia yet

People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 21, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran's future on UN women's rights body to be decided 14 Dec

African countries are among those feeling the impact of worsening weather extremes. Photo: Reuters

Twin crises: experts say nature and climate can't be siloed

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman

EU 'disappointed' with UN climate deal on emissions

A general view of the entrance to the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre grounds, during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

COP27 nears breakthrough on climate finance in scramble for final deal

An attendee poses for a picture near a model earth during the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

COP27 draft climate deal published but gaps remain

Gridlocked UN climate talks head deep into overtime

A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool

UN Security Council to discuss North Korea on Monday after ICBM launch

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UN chief says stop 'blame game' at deadlocked climate talks