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Peru swears in a new president amid constitutional crisis

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's next president after Congress voted out President Pedro Castillo shortly after he dissolved the legislative body. The 60-year-old lawyer took the oath of office and became ...

UN biodiversity convention aims to slow humanity's "war with nature." Here's what's at stake.

Delegates from around the world are gathering in Montreal this week to address what United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has described as "humanity's senseless and suicidal war with nature." The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), ...

Transparency International

Remarks by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC)

The White House

AS DELIVERED. Good afternoon everyone. And on behalf of President Biden—I want to welcome you to Washington. Yolaan, thank you so much for those opening words which I think really do effectively frame not only the task of this conference, but the task ...

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

How China's Foreign Aid Fosters Social Bonds With Central Asian Ruling Elites

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about how this has happened and what it means. Many argue that China exports its developmental model and imposes it on other countries. But Chinese players also extend their influence by ...

This Romantic Destination Just Banned Extramarital Sex — Even For Tourists

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Forbes

One of Asia's top destinations is now home to strict sex laws. getty. W ith its postcard-worthy beaches, zen-like yoga retreats and exotic Hindu temples, it's little ...

South Sudan: 'Raw violence' displaces thousands during 'ruthless conflict', UNHCR says

Throughout South Sudan's Greater Upper Nile Region "desperation is rising" as escalating armed conflict, which has displaced at least 20,000 people since August, have forced some to run for their lives up to four times, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concludes his official visit to Ukraine

Toronto Star

OHCHR

Kyiv, 7 December 2022. Good afternoon and thank you all for coming. I have been here now for four days, in sub-zero temperatures. I have seen for myself the horrors, suffering and the daily toll that this war against Ukraine by Russia has had on the ...

Developing countries face 'impossible trade-off' on debt: UNCTAD chief

Spiralling debt in low and middle-income countries has compromised their chances of sustainable development, the head of UN trade facilitation agency UNCTAD has warned. Speaking in Geneva, Rebeca Grynspan said that between 70 and 85 per cent of the ...

COP27 Highlights Climate Opportunities and Risks for the Private Sector

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP

On November 18, 2022, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) concluded in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. This COP was not expected to be as consequential as 2021's COP26 in Glasgow, ...