Almost 200,000 people paid homage to former Pope Benedict XVI during his lying in state over the last three days, the Vatican says. His body has been sealed in... Continue

  TUNJI BALOGUN/North America Correspondent Two years later than planned, due to delays caused by the COVID pandemic, WWF welcomes the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Agreement, committing the world to... Continue

TUNJI BALOGUN/North America Correspondent Following two weeks of often tense negotiations of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), in Montreal, Canada, the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) praised... Continue

China has condemned a new round of US sanctions targeting officials for alleged rights abuses in the Tibet region, saying the “illegal” penalties are merely an excuse to meddle... Continue

TUNJI BALOGUN/North America Correspondent   A giant jenga tower is on display at the The Palais des congrès de Montréal where the UN biodiversity conference is taking place for... Continue

GBADAMOSI MUYIDEEN MAYOWA Representatives from 120 countries, industry and civil society meet under the Basel Convention’s Plastic Waste Partnership in Uruguay, ahead of the inaugural session of the Intergovernmental... Continue