UN Could Start Removing Oil This Week From Decaying Yemen Tanker July 20, 2023 By Michelle Nichols An operation to start removing some 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker moored off Yemen’s coast could...
Ideas Are ‘Being Floated’ on How to Get Ukraine, Russia Grain to World: UN July 19, 2023 By Michelle Nichols There are a “number of ideas being floated” to help get Ukrainian and Russian grain and fertilizer to global markets...
Ukraine Black Sea Grain Deal Extended for Two Months May 18, 2023 By Huseyin Hayatsever and Michelle Nichols The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, in what U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed...
Last Ship Leaves Ukraine Port With Fate of Black Sea Grain Deal in Russia’s Hands May 17, 2023 By Michelle Nichols The last ship left a port in Ukraine on Wednesday under a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of...
Russia’s Lavrov Blames West for Deadlock Over Future of Black Sea Grain Deal April 26, 2023 By Michelle Nichols Moscow has seen “practically no results” from a pact with the United Nations that aimed to help Russia’s grain and...
Kremlin Warns Outlook for Extending Black Sea Grain Deal Is ‘Not so Great’ April 13, 2023 By Guy Faulconbridge and Michelle Nichols The Kremlin warned on Wednesday that the outlook for extending a deal beyond May 18 that allows the safe wartime...
Insurers Get Safety Assurances for Ships Exporting Ukraine Grain Through Black Sea August 9, 2022 By Jonathan Saul and Michelle Nichols Ships exporting Ukraine grain through the Black Sea will be protected by a 10 nautical mile buffer zone, according to...
Progress in Ukraine Grain Export Talks Reported; Sanctions, Insurance Among Issues July 14, 2022 By Michelle Nichols and Yesim Dikmen Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkey hailed progress at talks in Istanbul that aim to resume Black Sea grain exports...
China Will Not Build Coal-Fired Power Plants Abroad, Says Xi, in Climate Pledge September 22, 2021 By Valerie Volcovici, David Brunnstrom and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS — Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China would not build new coal-fired power projects abroad,...
Businesses Should Take the Lead on COVID-19 Recovery, Climate Crisis: UN Chief January 29, 2021 By Michelle Nichols UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday [Jan. 25] urged businesses to lead the way to a fair and sustainable recovery...