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With clock ticking, sustainable transport key to Global Goals (UN News)

The “clock is ticking on our 2030 timeline” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Change Agreement, the head of the UN Department...

Hong Kong: Arrests under Security Law, a serious concern (UN News)

The human rights lawyer, who was arrested on 8 September, was a member of the Hong Kong Alliance, an advocacy group which organized an...

Finance Ministers hold key to COP26 success: UN Secretary-General (UN News)

Addressing members of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, he highlighted their critical role as the conference date fast approaches. “As Ministers of...

Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop, warns UNHCR (UN News)

A month since the UN-led $606 million appeal for solidarity for the people of Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency said that only 35 per cent of...

Diversity, a ‘source of strength’, UN chief tells Security Council (UN News)

The UN chief addressed an open debate on diversity, statebuilding and the search for peace, organized by Kenya, which holds the rotating Council presidency...

India’s PM vows broader public-private space cooperation as OneWeb eyes Indian launches (Park Si-soo, Space News)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Oct. 11 his government will widen cooperation with industry, young innovators and startups to bring about “exponential innovation”...

Planet unveils Pelican Earth-imaging constellation (Debra Werner, Space News)

Planet unveiled “very high resolution” Pelican Earth-imaging satellites and revealed plans to bring synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) into its Planet Fusion Monitoring data stream. Planet made...

Rocket Lab to launch NASA smallsat using SBIR award (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Rocket Lab will launch a NASA technology demonstration satellite under an unconventional arrangement as the agency works on a more standardized approach for launching...

Space Development Agency seeks proposals for 18 satellites with experimental payloads (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

The Space Development Agency on Oct. 8 issued a draft request for bids for 18 satellites that will carry experimental payloads. These 18 spacecraft will be...

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