Artificial Intelligence is not only responsible for worrying amounts of earth-warming greenhouse gases: the technology’s environmental footprint is also expanding at a pace that could strain the planet’s natural resources.
From a police station in Germany to the UN Mission in South Sudan, Stephanie Königs has been talking to UN News about her journey to becoming a peacekeeper – and the importance of trust and empathy in the field.
Most media outlets won’t be in Bonn, but we will. Sending our reporters to cover these international negotiations is expensive, but at a time when many newsrooms are cutting their climate coverage, it’s more important than ever. If you value our reporting, you can support our work and access all our exclusive coverage by becoming […]
China’s carbon emissions bounced back up in early 2026 as “inflexible” grid management caused the country to waste vast quantities of clean power and burn more fossil fuels instead, new analysis shows. After recording a first full-year decline in 2025, China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy and industry grew by 2% in the first […]
Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of civilians being held hostage by armed groups in Manipur, warning that their continued captivity reflects a deepening human rights crisis amid the authorities’ ongoing failure to protect people from escalating ethnic violence in the state. Twenty people have been taken hostage by armed groups from the Kuki and Naga communities in Manipur following escalating inter-ethnic tensions […]
The Egyptian authorities must immediately halt the unjust prosecutions of three human rights activists arrested solely for organizing a peaceful event calling for the release of those arbitrarily detained, Amnesty International said today. On 25 May, Egyptian police arrested pharmacist Hanan Altantawy, and lawyers Mohamed Abu al-Dayyar and Wafaa al-Masry, all members of the informal group the Committee to Defend Prisoners of Conscience (CDPC), for the group’s involvement in organizing a public event in Cairo two weeks earlier highlighting cases of people unjustly detained for political reasons. Altantawy and al-Masry were released on bail on the day of their arrest but prosecutors ordered that Abu […]
In response to the announcement by Haitian authorities of two new specialized judicial units intended to address, among other issues, serious human rights abuses in Haiti, Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “The opening of these specialized judicial units is a necessary step in the fight against the widespread impunity that has enabled […]
The US-Israel war with Iran has forced the Gulf states to reassess long-held assumptions about security, alliances and stability in their region. What does this mean for the future?
On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Wu’er Kaixi, who played a leading role during the 1989 protests, spoke to DW about his personal loss and nearly four decades in exile.
European Council President Antonio Costa said new ways need to be found to speed up Western Balkans membership in the EU. His comments come ahead of an upcoming summit in Montenegro.
