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Cutting greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and immediately will save lives, livelihoods and ecosystems around the world, scientists say. And there are lots of ways to go about it.

The rhetoric between President Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un turned into a volley of insults this week after Trump referred to the dictator as "Rocketman" at the United Nations.

A new report makes the case that insects may be essential to feeding a planet of 7 billion people. Why? They're nutritious, better for the environment than other protein sources and can generate jobs, according to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the American operation an "outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation" of the United Nations Charter and international law.

NPR's Sarah McCammon previews this year's UN climate summit with Kelly Sims Gallagher, an environment and resource policy expert and dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Critics note that at a controversial military base, samples were taken by Iranian officials without inspectors being present.

Haley has accepted an offer from President-elect Donald Trump to lead the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. During the presidential campaign, she had been very critical of Trump.

Security Council members voted to impose tough new financial and trade restrictions on Pyongyang in hopes of halting its nuclear program.

Russia and North Korea's leaders are expected to demonstrate their deepening military and political relationship, built on cooperation on Russia's war in Ukraine. But experts doubt its sustainability.

As fighting escalates in northwest Syria, the U.N. estimates that thousands of Syrians are being displaced every day.