UN : Global unemployment holds at 4.9%, but decent work out of reach (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Global unemployment is expected to hold steady at 4.9 per cent in 2026 - equivalent to 186 million people - even as the world economy continues to grow, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).

UN : WMO sounds alarm as 2025 joins warmest years in recorded history (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The year 2025 has ranked among the three warmest years ever recorded, extending an unprecedented run in which every year since 2015 has set or neared global temperature records, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

UN : Experts urge US to uphold international law after Greenland comments (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
United Nations human rights experts on 14 January voiced grave concern over statements made by United States President Donald Trump suggesting that Greenland should come under US control and that force could be used to achieve such an outcome.