The United Nations Secretary-General has expressed deep sorrow over the deadly floods in Texas that reportedly killed at least 80 people over the holiday weekend, including more than two dozen children at a summer camp.

As digital technologies rapidly reshape every aspect of society, the UN’s top human rights official has called for human rights to be placed at the centre of this transformation.

Within one year, a maize and sorghum cooperative of 20 members in the Central Equatorial State of South Sudan had grown to over 150 members allowing many members to boost their income and provide for their families for the first time.

The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned Russia’s latest wave of drone and missile attacks in Ukraine – reportedly the largest in over three years of war – warning that the strikes again jeopardised nuclear safety at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).

A United Nations volunteer from Japan has said as a teenager he was motivated by the “passion” of young people he met on an exchange programme to contribute to peace and development initiatives.