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NEW YORK: The United Nations warned on Monday that time is running out to meet the Sustainable Development Goals as conflict, climate pressures and shrinking development finance push the poorest and most vulnerable countries further off track. In its Financing

WASHINGTON: The World Bank Group has launched Water Forward, a global platform designed to improve water security for more than 1 billion people by 2030, marking a broad push to link policy reform, financing and project delivery in a sector

HOUSTON: NASA’s Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft set a new record for the farthest distance traveled by humans from Earth on Monday, surpassing the mark set by Apollo 13 in 1970 during a lunar flyby that carried the

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said Thursday that Gen. Randy A. George is retiring from his post as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army, effective immediately, ending the tenure of the service’s top uniformed officer in a brief public announcement

FLORIDA: NASA launched Artemis II from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday evening, sending four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on the first crewed mission around the Moon in more than 50 years. The Space Launch System rocket lifted off from

NEW YORK: The United Nations urged governments, businesses and households to reshape food systems and curb waste, saying the world discards more than 1 billion tonnes of food each year even as hunger persists across many regions. The appeal came

MONTANA: The United States is set to close a historic cross-border road to Canadian traffic later this summer, ending a decades-old local arrangement along the frontier near Coutts, Alberta, and Sweet Grass, Montana. The road, known as Border Road, runs

MISSISSIPPI: Five people were killed and a sixth was seriously injured after a freight train struck a van at a railroad crossing in Stone County, Mississippi, on Friday afternoon. Authorities said all five of the dead were inside the van,

WASHINGTON: Newly compiled U.S. State Department data show the country issued about 250,000 fewer immigrant and nonimmigrant visas from January through August 2025 than in the same period a year earlier. That amounted to an 11% decline in permanent and

TEXAS: An explosion and fire at Valero Energy’s refinery in Southeast Texas on Monday evening prompted local authorities to order nearby residents to shelter in place as emergency crews worked to contain the blaze. City officials said no injuries had