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From the Global South to the stars: A new space race

·June 21, 2025·3 min read

The exploits of the long-established spacefaring nations – particularly the US – may still dominate headlines, but countries as diverse as Zimbabwe, Honduras and Malta are signalling their intention to reap the benefits of space-related activities. These smaller states, and many more, are applying for membership of the UN body...

Drifting architects: Plankton, climate, and the race to understand our changing ocean

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·June 9, 2025·6 min read

On a sun-drenched morning off the coast of Villefranche-sur-Mer, the Sagitta III cuts through the cobalt waters of the Mediterranean, past the quiet marinas and pine-fringed terraces of France’s Côte d’Azur. The 40-foot scientific vessel – named after a fearsome zooplankton with hook-lined jaws – rumbles toward a lonely yellow...

Myanmar earthquake: Search and rescue efforts continue in race against time

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·March 30, 2025·3 min read

According to news reports citing Myanmar’s military leader, around 1,700 are confirmed dead from Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake, with some 3,400 injured and hundreds still missing. In the Thai capital Bangkok which was also rocked by the seismic event, 76 construction workers are reportedly still missing following the collapse of...

New how-to guide speeds global race for renewable energy

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·September 16, 2024·4 min read

“Today’s report from the Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals is a how-to guide to help generate prosperity and equality alongside clean power,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Many of today’s rapidly growing clean energy technologies, from wind turbines and solar panels to electric vehicles and battery storage, depend on such critical...

Gaza doctors ‘terrified’ of deadly disease outbreak as aid teams race to deliver

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·November 28, 2023·2 min read

Priorities include transporting fuel to the north of the war-torn enclave, so that it can be used to power hospitals, provide clean water and maintain other vital civilian infrastructure. Such services have been massively impacted by weeks of Israeli bombardment in response to Hamas’s 7 October massacres in southern Israel...

Halfway there: 5 ways the UN is turbocharging the race to the SDGs

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·July 11, 2023·7 min read

Here are five key things you need to know: 1. Getting back on track The COVID-19 pandemic set back gains made towards realizing the SDGs by decades, and, if present trends persist, by 2030, a staggering 575 million people will remain trapped in extreme poverty, according to the new UN...

Earthquake disaster: ‘We must put people first’ urges Guterres in race to save lives

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·February 9, 2023·3 min read

In a heartfelt appeal based on his years of visiting the devastated area, as Secretary-General and previously as head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, Antonio Guterres said that what had been a “centre of solidarity is now an epicentre of suffering.” ‘Nightmare on top of nightmare’ “People are facing nightmare...