‘Development in reverse’ taking place involving rising energy and food costs and weaker economic growth
More than 32 million people worldwide could be plunged into poverty by the economic fallout from…
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Bangladesh launches measles vaccination drive as child death toll passes 100 ⊖⊖
UN assists in emergency vaccination drive as country battles worst surge in cases in years amid fall in vaccination rates
Bangladesh is battling its worse measles outbreak in years, with more than 100…
9 days ago
A Fox host says ‘many people’ think women shouldn’t be president. Thank goodness we’ve got a man in charge | Arwa Mahdawi ⊖
Jesse Watters gave a litany of reasons why women shouldn’t lead before denying he agreed. But peddling these ideas normalizes them
Oh dear, it looks like Jesse Watters’ mother needs to give him a good…
13 days ago
Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and social activist, dies aged 88 ⊕
Lewis was the father of Avi Lewis, who was elected leader of the progressive New Democratic party one day before his father died
Stephen Lewis, the Canadian diplomat, politician and human rights advoc…
18 days ago
Human rights experts raise concerns over Olympics transgender women athlete ban ⊖⊖
Critics say new IOC guidelines violate fundamental human rights
AOC backs new rules but accepts issue is ‘challenging and complex’
Over 100 human rights, sports and scientific groups, including the U…
19 days ago
UN votes to describe slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’ ⊖
Members call for reparatory justice as landmark resolution aims for ‘political recognition at the highest level’
The United Nations has voted to describe the transatlantic chattel slave trade as the “…
22 days ago
Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high ○
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State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat
Our home planet is struggling with a record energy imbalance,…
It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slavery trade as a crime against humanity | John Dramani Mahama ○
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This is not about assigning collective guilt to present generations. But injustice does not simply fade with time – it requires deliberate effort to address and redress
This month my country, Ghana, c…
23 days ago
Israel has crushed Unrwa in Gaza – and the rest of the world has done nothing | Philippe Lazzarini ○
I bow out of my role for the organisation at a perilous time for the international law. There are consequences not just for Palestinians, but the wider Middle East
This month I will conclude my tenure…
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‘This is the saddest moment’: families search for loved ones on Eid after Kabul hospital strike ⊖⊖
At least 400 killed in Pakistan’s strike on drug rehab centre, Taliban say, with families searching unmarked mass graves
Sohrab Faqiri spent Eid, the Muslim festival to mark the end of the fasting mon…