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1.1 M Afghan children could face severe malnutrition

A boy collects grass for sale, in Kabul, Afghanistan on May 9, 2022. Some 1.1 million Afghan children under the age of five will face malnutrition by the end of the year. (Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press)

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Climate change to make droughts longer, common: U.N.

Activists protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Jan. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

U.N. to vote on suspending Russia from rights council

Cemetery workers load the corpses of civilians killed in Bucha into a truck, to be transported to the morgue, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

U.N. Assembly votes to demand that Russia immediately …

United Nations members vote on a resolution concerning the Ukraine during an emergency meeting of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Man with gun outside U.N. headquarters prompts hourslong …

Police are seen outside the United Nations as a man points a gun at his head on Dec. 2, 2021. (PIX11 News)

Nearly 200 nations strike UN climate deal with coal compromise

John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate gestures at the end of a stocktaking plenary session at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Global warming goal on ‘life support,’ U.N. chief says

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gestures during an interview at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

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Troubles at home shadow President Biden’s climate …

President Joe Biden speaks during the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

U.S., European Union say deal on tariffs a sign of …

President Joe Biden and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen talk to reporters about pausing the trade war over steel and aluminum tariffs during the G20 leaders summit, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, in Rome. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Newsom abruptly cancels plans to attend U.N. climate …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom pauses during a news conference after touring Barron Park Elementary School on March 02, 2021 in Palo Alto, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Group of 17 American missionaries reported as kidnapped …

A view of the densely populated Jalousie neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, file)

World leaders return to UN for 1st time in 2 years …

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, at United Nations headquarters in New York. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP)

In 1st U.N. address, President Biden declares world …

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP)

U.N. says world leaders must do more to fight climate …