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14 June 2014 – Addressing the bloc of developing countries known as the Group of 77 (G77) and China, Secretary-General…
12 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in São Paulo, Brazil, today to attend the opening game of the…
10 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the announced start of peace talks between the Government of Colombia…
4 June 2014 – Thousands of people are forcibly displaced and hundreds killed every month in Colombia, a senior United…
2 June 2014 – Big cities like New York are on the frontlines of the climate threat as well as…
World Cup venue Cuiaba’s road network is undergoing a facelift of Hollywood proportions. The charming provincial venue for Friday’s clash between Chile and Australia may be the smallest of all the 2014 World Cup cities, but it can proudly put in a claim…
2 June 2014 – United Nations officials today welcomed the initiative announced by President Barack Obama to limit emissions from…
30 May 2014 – Citing a new ruling issued by the United States Supreme Court, the United Nations human rights…
29 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon mourned the death of celebrated African-American poet and author Maya Angelou, saying the…
28 May 2014 – The Haitian Prime Minister, the UN Special Representative to Haiti and the UN Senior Coordinator for…
More than 2000 Argentine hooligans will be prevented from entering Brazil ahead of the World Cup because they are considered to be violent, Brazil’s Interpol chief told AFP. The 2,100 ‘barra bravas’ hooligans are already the subject of banning orders…
The OPEC oil producers’ cartel appeared set to maintain its output ceiling later this week, Iraq and Venezuela said here on Monday. The Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries, whose dozen member nations together supply about one third of the…
Brazilian workers are racing to complete the stadium that will host the World Cup’s first game, wiping seats, checking beams and installing wiring just days before the opening whistle. As night fell on Saturday, helmeted workers were still toiling away…
Three prisoners, deemed extremely dangerous by police, have broken out of a Canadian jail in a helicopter, local media reported, the second such daring jailbreak recently in Quebec. In March 2013, two inmates were lifted on a hijacked helicopter from…
French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday that he will again defend BNP Paribas bank against a huge fine for alleged sanctions busting, when he dines with US President Barack Obama later in the day. Hollande told journalists during a visit…
Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the latest US supply report for clues about demand in the world’s biggest crude consumer. The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate for delivery in July, gained 63 cents to $103.29 a barrel.…
US authorities have arrested a suspect who sparked a nationwide manhunt after explosives were allegedly found in his San Francisco home. Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, 42, was taken into custody by the FBI and the San Francisco Police Department, the FBI…
Twenty-five years after he rose to fame touring with pop star Sting, Brazilian indigenous chief Raoni has launched a new tour coinciding with the World Cup to condemn the ongoing destruction of the Amazon. A striking spokesman for the rainforest with…
The Brazilian city where Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Nigeria’s John Mikel Obi will train for the World Cup is in the grip of a crippling dengue fever epidemic. Workers in Campinas have embarked on a huge operation to eradicate mosquitos, which…