UN - Top Stories

1. Can workers compete with machines and stay relevant in the AI era?

   AI looks set to be transformative for us all, but it also brings a real risk of job losses and widening social and economic divides. UN experts are focusing on how to manage that transition, to ensure the benefits of the technology outweigh the threats.

2. Myanmar crisis deepens five years after coup, as military ballot entrenches repression

   Five years after Myanmar’s military seized power and jailed the country’s elected leaders, the United Nations says the country’s crisis has only deepened, marked by escalating violence, mass displacement and a military-controlled election that UN officials warn has further entrenched repression rather than restored civilian rule.

3. South Sudan: ‘All the conditions for a human catastrophe are present’

   Military tensions in South Sudan are “rapidly expanding” between Government forces and opposition militia as fighting continues in restive Jonglei state.

4. World News in Brief: Syria ceasefire welcomed, ‘Olympic truce’, Ukraine’s freezing children

   The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has welcomed a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian Government and the mainly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), urging all parties to seize the moment to protect civilians and prevent further violations in the country’s northeast. 

5. UN watchdog warns Ukraine war remains world’s biggest threat to nuclear safety

   The war in Ukraine remains the world’s biggest threat to nuclear safety as a fifth year of combat looms, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned on Friday, citing continued risks to power supplies at nuclear sites vulnerable to fighting nearby.