U.N News

Piracy Costs World Shipping Industry $9B a Year

Piracy is costing the global shipping trade more than $9 billion a year, according to Indian ship owners, who on Monday demanded that the U.N. set up a maritime force to halt pirates operating off the Somalian coast in the …

Nuclear Agency’s Board Adopts Safety Plan

A 35-nation meeting of the U.N. nuclear agency on Tuesday adopted a post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan – despite gripes by influential member nations that it to too timid for making compliance voluntary. Germany and several other EU states – as …