Slow-moving storms could bring up to 11 inches of rain, raising the risk of flash floods on Sunday, particularly in Illinois and Indiana, forecasters said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/weather/midwest-illinois-rains-flooding.html
An agreement signed by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) has been hailed by the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MONUSCO) as “an important step towards sustainable peace.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165441
Gang violence in Haiti has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and many are finding shelter in former schools where belief in the power of education remains strong.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165414
The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA is stressing the need to scale up support for displaced families in Haiti amid ongoing insecurity and violence. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165439
The continued onslaught and mass deprivation of people in the Gaza Strip is becoming normalised, the UN aid coordination office OCHA warned on Friday.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165437
The General Assembly on Friday adopted by consensus a resolution on the Secretary‑General’s UN80 Initiative to strengthen and streamline the United Nations system. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165436
In honour of Nelson Mandela International Day on Friday, the United Nations is celebrating with a public service activity, a chamber music concert and a General Assembly meeting, where Secretary-General António Guterres presented the 2025 Mandela Prize.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165435
Colombia has changed profoundly since the 2016 peace deal, but uneven state presence, lingering armed groups and mounting political tensions threaten to erode confidence unless implementation accelerates, the top UN envoy for the country said on Friday.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165434
Globally, there are 12.5 billion hours of work that the world never pays for because it barely even sees these duties. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165431
Mohammed Saad sits with others inside a homemade cart pulled by a car carrying several passengers, waiting to travel to Gaza City in one of the “uncomfortable and extremely expensive” means of transportation used to get around the Strip.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165432
Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165430
Amid violent clashes in southern Syria’s Suweida governorate, a picture of grave human rights abuses and rising humanitarian needs is emerging by the hour, the UN said on Friday.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165429
Almost four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, criminal groups in Ukraine are adapting their business models amid displacement, rising trafficking risks and an increased demand for synthetic drugs, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Friday.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165428
Those calling to allow access to Nvidia’s H20 chips are ignoring decades of experience.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/giving-china-chips-derails-trump-decoupling-4a4aa6cd?mod=rss_Technology
OpenAI’s chatbot self-reported that it blurred the line between fantasy and reality with a man on the autism spectrum. The company says ‘stakes are higher’ for vulnerable people.https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chatgpt-chatbot-psychology-manic-episodes-57452d14?mod=rss_Technology
The fallout between the president and the rocket maker’s billionaire founder threatened the company’s multibillion-dollar agreements with the government.https://www.wsj.com/business/trump-aides-discussed-ending-some-spacex-contracts-but-found-most-were-vital-d1cf9ab5?mod=rss_Technology
Schadenfreude played no small part in turning a video of two Astronomer executives caught in a romantic moment into an online obsession.https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/coldplay-a-viral-kiss-cam-momentand-a-ceos-abrupt-resignation-89f5017f?mod=rss_Technology
Our common culture has fallen victim to the digital revolution.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/colbert-and-the-end-of-late-night-tv-cancelled-entertainment-2305ae1c
We should be working together to counter China, not trapped in a harmful trade war.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/canada-is-the-best-friend-americas-got-trade-border-jobs-9ebb6600
Cal Raleigh, of the Seattle Mariners, and of the eponymous big butt, has been drawing a lot of attention lately—but he deserves even more.https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/bottoms-up-for-the-big-dumper-cal-raleigh