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Security Council LIVE: Can critical minerals fuel peace and prosperity instead of conflict?
- UN News
The Security Council is meeting now in New York to debate critical minerals — the lithium, cobalt and copper powering the clean energy transition. Demand is set to triple by 2030. The question: will this mineral wealth build peace and prosperity, or fund conflict and corruption? Follow live updates throughout the day.
From lithium to nickel: How the UN is helping countries make the most of critical minerals
- UN News
The world's shift to clean energy is driving huge demand for critical minerals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and copper.
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity: Nobel Laureates Call for Global Safeguards
- Inter Press Service
BORGO LAUDATO SI’, Italy, July 21 (IPS) - “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” By bringing the supercomputer HAL 9000 to life in his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, American director Stanley Kubrick created one of the most powerful symbols of the fear of artificial intelligence (AI) escaping human control.
Global Value Chain Trade Reaches Historic Highs, Despite Push for Reshoring
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 21 (IPS) - Despite rising geopolitical tensions, trade restrictions and calls to bring production back to domestic shores, the global economy remains more interconnected than it may appear. Trade through global value chains (GVCs) reached historic levels in 2024, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
From the General Assembly to Harlem: Mandela’s Call to Action Endures
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 21 (IPS) - Sixty-seven minutes. That is how long volunteers spent serving lunch to people experiencing food insecurity at Refettorio Harlem in New York City last week – one for every year Nelson Mandela gave to public service.
‘Business as usual is a business of death’: UN adopts road safety pledge over US objection
- UN News
The UN General Assembly closed its first ever High-level Meeting on road safety on Tuesday by adopting a sweeping new declaration aimed at halving road deaths by 2030 – over the sole objection of the United States.
World News in Brief: Sexual violence in DR Congo, deaths in Ukraine and Russia, crime in Southeast Asia
- UN News
Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday condemned the M23 armed group’s “reign of terror” over territory it controls in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling for an end to the Rwanda-backed group’s sexual torture and violence against civilians.
Israeli attacks on Gaza intensify amid surge of West Bank settler violence
- UN News
Amid intensified deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza, the UN chief and top officials condemned the killings while a surge violence rocked the West Bank and aid agencies scrambled to help Palestinians.
Critical minerals: The hidden resources powering the clean energy future
- UN News
Why are critical minerals suddenly at the centre of global politics?
Guterres calls for stepping up diplomatic efforts to end US-Iran conflict
- UN News
The United Nations again called for restraint as war ramps up in the Middle East, underscoring the need for dialogue and an end to attacks on “vital infrastructure” across the region.
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