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Steven Stone is acting director of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Office of Science In 1934, American economist Simon Kuznets presented a paper to Congress advocating for a new way of measuring economic performance. The United States was reeling from the Great Depression, and Kuznets – a future Novel prize winner – wanted to gauge just […]
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Reacting to the acting Venezuelan government’s decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as confirmed on 6 August, Ana Piquer, Amnesty International’s Americas Director, said: “The Venezuelan government’s regretful decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute is the last step in a long string of efforts to avoid scrutiny […]
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Responding to a New Mexico judge’s ruling that Meta’s platform design harmed children, Amnesty International USA’s Deputy Director of Research, Justin Mazzola, said: “This verdict is an important step towards creating safer social media for children and young people. For years, Amnesty International has warned that major social media platforms have been designed to maximize engagement and profit, while failing to adequately protect children’s rights. “Crucially, the court went beyond […]
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Steven Stone is acting director of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Office of Science In 1934, American economist Simon Kuznets presented a paper to Congress advocating for a new way…
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Reacting to the acting Venezuelan government’s decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as confirmed on 6 August, Ana Piquer, Amnesty International’s Americas Director,…
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Responding to a New Mexico judge’s ruling that Meta’s platform design harmed children, Amnesty International USA’s Deputy Director of Research, Justin Mazzola, said: “This verdict is an important step towards creating safer social media for children and young people.…
Private On 12 April, Sadia Moalim Ali, a tuktuk (rickshaw) driver and social activist, was arrested in Mogadishu, by officers of the National Intelligence Agency. Sadia was arrested for her activism – both on social…
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Spain had warned Italy it would impose entry checks on visitors unless Rome halts its controls by Sunday. Even though they don’t share a land border, the countries entered a…
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Survivors of wartime rape share stories of trauma and survival
Sexual violence is increasingly being used as a weapon of war in conflicts around the world and women and children in particular continue to be targeted facing sometimes long-lasting consequences.
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DR Congo: Efforts ramp up as Ebola outbreak accelerates beyond borders
The spread of Ebola is accelerating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid continued armed violence, posing a grave and growing risk to the region, UN agencies warned on Friday.
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Gaza: Sneeze and you might get shot, warns UNICEF in alert on child killings
After another deadly night of clashes in Lebanon, aid agencies issued a new alert for Gaza, where 265 Palestinian children have been killed since a ceasefire was announced in October 2025.
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Bonn climate talks end in “gridlock” on adaptation and emissions-cutting
After two weeks of climate negotiations riven by arguments over finance and science, the UN climate chief expressed disappointment and denounced governments for “cherry-picking” commitments they have already made and waiting for others to move first. In their final hours on Thursday evening, the talks tried – and failed – to reach a deal that […]
Warning against ‘consumer club’ as G7 forms critical minerals alliance
Wealthy nations in the G7 have agreed to work more closely together to secure the minerals they need for the energy transition, AI and defence, and to diversify supply chains away from China, calling for more cooperation with “like-minded partners”. But the agreement adopted at this week’s G7 leaders’ summit in France is vague on […]
The UN climate process was built for negotiation – now it must support implementation
By Paul Watkinson, Stefan Ruchti-Crowley, Anju Sharma, Ovais Sarmad and Benito Müller. In the corridors of the World Conference Centre in Bonn, where the June Climate Meetings (SB64) will conclude on Thursday, the need for change is palpable. Delegates are grappling once again with overcrowded agendas, growing demands on limited negotiating time, external geopolitical pressures […]
Bonn Bulletin: Finance row threatens to scupper work on adaptation goal
One of the key tasks for this year’s Bonn talks is to agree on how to put into practice the indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation, which were hurriedly redrafted by governments at the end of COP30 after years of painstaking work by experts. Making them usable involves drawing up contextual information (metadata) and […]
West African nations target Eastern Atlantic for early high seas protection
Six months after a landmark treaty to protect the high seas entered into force in January, a group of West African nations is calling for the Eastern Atlantic to be included in the first wave of marine protected areas established under the agreement. The area known as the Convergence Zone of the Canary and Guinea […]
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Russian dissident artist Semyon Skrepezki murdered in Poland
Skrepezki was known for his scathing caricatures of Russian President Vladimir Putin. His suspected killer has been apprehended.
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Israel says it’s cutting ties to EU’s Kaja Kallas
Israel’s foreign minister says he is severing contact with the EU’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas. Gideon Saar attributed the move to a media report alleging that Kallas compared Israel to apartheid-era South Africa.