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For the first time since last month’s election, the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of parliament, met Tuesday and elected a new chairman from the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD). Baerbel Bas won to lead the body with 736 members. Bas, 53, from Duisburg, west Germany, has been a member of the …

In his message to mark World Food Day on October 16, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for strong action and investment to improve local food systems. The message comes at a time when nearly a billion people in the world don’t have enough to eat. The United Nations warns …

The world’s two largest economies and biggest carbon polluters announced separate plans on climate change on Tuesday (21/9). Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country would no longer fund coal-fired power plants overseas, shocking the world on climate for the second consecutive year at the UN General Assembly. This comes …