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In Congo, international health officials have been deployed to help stave the spread of a mysterious respiratory disease.

Health & Medicine

UN Deploys Investigators as Mysterious “Disease X” Continues to Spread

By Noor Al-Sibai

A secret recording obtained by the BBC shows the organizer of this year's COP29 climate change conference trying to strike a fossil fuel deal.

Secret Video Shows Top Climate Change Conference Official Promising to Facilitate Fossil Fuel Deals

By Victor Tangermann

Despite increasingly dire global calls to curb deadly emissions, 2023 was apparently the worst year for global warming on record.

Congratulations, Buffoons! We Did More Global Warming Last Year Than in Any Other Year in Human History

By Noor Al-Sibai

The head of the United Nations is begging world leaders not to use artificial intelligence to control their nuclear arsenals.

Artificial Intelligence

UN Head Implores Dimwit Leaders Not to Give AI Control of Nuclear Weapons

By Noor Al-Sibai

United Nations' head climate expert says the human race has got two years tops to tamp down the worse effects from global warming.

The UN’s Climate Chief Says We Have Just Two Years to Save the Planet

By Sharon Adarlo

The oil executive-led COP28 climate conference in Dubai may have glittery solutions, but experts say that reducing emissions is the only way.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Warn That the Dubai Climate Conference Is Full of Crap

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new UN report has found that despite climate promises, the world's top oil producers are on track to drill for more fossil fuels than ever.

As Climate Doom Looms, We’re Drilling For More Fossil Fuels Than Ever Before

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amid heatwaves, drought, and floods, UN Secretary General António Guterres told state ministers that "no nation is immune" from the climate change crisis.

Head of UN Says Humanity Is Facing “Collective Suicide”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A United Arab Emirates’ official warned that committing serious crimes including "murder" should be made illegal in the metaverse.

UAE Official Says Murder Should Be Illegal in the Metaverse

By Victor Tangermann

The United Nations Environment Program is warning that we are facing a "sand crisis" unless we put limits on and start regulating the extraction of sand.

Science & Energy

The World Is Running Out of Sand, Scientists Lament

By Victor Tangermann

The United Nations has issued yet another terrifying report about our near future — and readers, we're not in for a good time.

UN Warns That Humankind Is Stuck in “Spiral of Self-Destruction”

By Noor Al-Sibai

UN Taking Carbon Removal Tech Very, Very Seriously in New Report

UN Taking Carbon Removal Tech Very, Very Seriously in New Report

By Noor Al-Sibai

Want another reason to loathe Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Just look at how it may completely screw up the Paris climate accords — and our planet.

UN: Ukrainian War Fossil Fuel ‘Madness’ Might Destroy The Planet

By Noor Al-Sibai

The UN released a massive report on Monday that paints a dire portrait of the impacts climate change will have on the world’s ecosystems and humanity.

The UN Just Dropped Another Incredibly Bleak Climate Change Report

By Tony Ho Tran

Cheap, lightweight killer robots are just around the corner — and major military powers, including the US, are doing very little to stop them.

Artificial Intelligence

MIT Professor Warns That Cartels Could Use “Slaughterbots” to Evade Justice

By Noor Al-Sibai

Watch a Historian Eviscerate the Climate Justice Movement

Watch a Historian Eviscerate the Climate Justice Movement

By Noor Al-Sibai