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We are five women, carrying five different experiences, shaped by three countries, distinct encounters of oppression, and different journeys of resistance shaped by our feminist activism. Our histories might be very different but in our daily realities, we find ourselves bound together. There is a thread running through us, a shared struggle and a shared […]
Benito Müller, Anju Sharma, Jen Allan, Matthias Roesti and Luis Gomez-Echeverri. Every November, tens of thousands of people descend on the world’s annual UN climate conference. Presidents and prime ministers, negotiators, business executives, campaigners, journalists, celebrities and lobbyists converge on one city for two frenetic weeks, all convinced they need to be there. Everyone with […]
As governments at the UN seek ways to prevent the US from unilaterally mining the deep ocean floor for critical minerals, the latest UN seabed talks launched “long” processes that would seek to challenge Washington’s approach. The International Seabed Authority (ISA), the UN body regulating the deep ocean floor, held annual three-week talks ending on […]
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We are five women, carrying five different experiences, shaped by three countries, distinct encounters of oppression, and different journeys of resistance shaped by our feminist activism. Our histories might be…
Benito Müller, Anju Sharma, Jen Allan, Matthias Roesti and Luis Gomez-Echeverri. Every November, tens of thousands of people descend on the world’s annual UN climate conference. Presidents and prime ministers,…
As governments at the UN seek ways to prevent the US from unilaterally mining the deep ocean floor for critical minerals, the latest UN seabed talks launched “long” processes that…
Filipino domestic workers reveal the abuses they faced in Saudi Arabia A number of Filipino women working in private households in Saudi Arabia are being overworked, exploited and subjected to…
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Twenty years after 17 aid workers from the French humanitarian association Action contre la Faim (ACF) were killed in Muttur, eastern Sri Lanka, the authorities must finally deliver truth, justice and reparations, Amnesty…
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Wildfires rage in Portugal, Greece, France and Spain
Six countries in southern Europe have been hit by wildfires. One of the blazes, in southwestern France, could affect Monday’s third stage of the Tour de France, authorities warn.
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Students leave Gaza to continue studies, others in limbo
More than three school years since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza, more Palestinian students are restarting studies at universities abroad. Education has yet to return to normal, as schools expand online teaching.
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As deadly as war and as powerful as governments, global organized crime remains in the shadows
When people think of the world’s deadliest threats, armed conflicts usually come to mind first. Yet every year, organized crime quietly claims a comparable number of lives.
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The moral test US founding father Thomas Jefferson failed?
Polish general and freedom fighter Thaddeus Kosciuszko presented US founding father Thomas Jefferson with a moral test. Historians still disagree on whether Jefferson passed or not.
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Ukraine strikes oil terminals near St. Petersburg in Russia
The long-range strikes are the latest salvo in Ukraine’s expanding campaign to inflict economic damage on Russia and hinder its war machine.
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Trump set to put NATO unity to the test at Turkey summit
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is working to keep the alliance united and Donald Trump engaged. But disputes over burden sharing, US military commitments, and the Iran war are creating a major test for NATO unity.
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Kielce pogrom in Poland: 80th anniversary of 1946 massacre
Just over a year after World War II ended, a mob in the Polish city of Kielce killed around 40 Jews, some of them Holocaust survivors. A lie about ritual child murder escalated the violence.
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US: President Trump pardons 11 people, including Clean Air Act violators
Donald Trump has granted pardons to nine people convicted of violating a key environmental law. The US President has also pardoned an associate of convicted felon and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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A safe return home: Tackling stigma on Uganda’s Ebola frontline
As Uganda works to contain an Ebola outbreak that is also affecting neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health workers are doing more than responding to a deadly virus. They are helping families navigate fear, misinformation and stigma.
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Invisible peacebuilders: How ‘diplomacy works’ to prevent conflict
Described as “sometimes modest, sometimes historic,” UN special political missions have quietly been preventing the escalation of conflicts during the organization’s 80-year history, becoming a key instrument for maintaining peace.