UNESCO member states meet later this week on the Biden administration’s bid to rejoin the Paris-based U.N. scientific and cultural body, a move that will inject hundreds of millions of welcome dollars into its coffers and give the United States a say in shaping programs ranging from climate change to education and artificial intelligence. Few […]
The U.N. cultural and scientific agency UNESCO said Monday the United States plans to rejoin the organization in July, nearly five years after leaving. UNESCO said in a statement the move included a “concrete financing plan” that must be approved by member states. Before its withdrawal, the United States was a leading financial supporter of […]
A full month since the cargo ship, Solomon Trader, was blown aground during a cyclone as it was attempting to load Bauxite at Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, the vessel continues to hemorrhage heavy fuel oil from the huge gash torn into its side from the island’s coral reef. Thus far, approximately 80 tons […]