Country: Ukraine Source: Save the Children From February 2022 – June 2023, the UN recorded over 25,000 civilian casualties including 1,624 children, 532 of whom died, and many more left so distressed they are struggling to sleep or speak.
Read MoreTrain Maya Partitions the Yucatan Peninsula and Maya Peoples from Each Other and Their Lands Country Mexico agnes Thu, 07/06/2023 – 03:27 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Kala Hunter The $20 billion Maya Train project in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico has sparked division among locals, who, […]
Read MoreExperts encourage parents to vaccinate their children against typhoid to ensure that the child has access to clean drinking water. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS By Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Jul 6 2023 (IPS) The first thing you notice about eight-month-old Manahil Zeeshan is how tiny she looks on the adult-size hospital bed at […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/kerttu Aquatic water weeds like floating pennyworts and Japanese knotweeds may seem innocuous enough, as may gray squirrels, minks and parakeets. Yet invasive species such as these cost the United Kingdom some £4 billion a year in economic losses. This is according to researchers at the nonprofit CABI, who […]
Read MoreOn 16 June 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the case of United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources1, holding that the federal government (Government) maintains the authority to dismiss a federal False Claims Act (FCA) action over a relator’s objection so long as […]
Read MoreCredit: Silvia Rodríguez/AFP via Getty Images By Inés M. PousadelaMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jul 5 2023 (IPS) When Guatemalans went to the polls on 25 June, distrust and disillusionment were rife. First place in the presidential contest was claimed by none of the candidates: it went to invalid votes, at 17 per […]
Read MoreCountry: Syrian Arab Republic Sources: International Organization for Migration, UN Children’s Fund, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Population Fund, World Food Programme, World Health Organization The vital supply route providing aid to four million people in northwest Syria could be […]
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Read MoreFighting for the Protection of Pë’këya and the Right to Return Home Country Global camilla Wed, 07/05/2023 – 06:31 Issues None Program 5 Main Image By Camilla Lindschouw (CS Intern) Demarcation of ancestral lands is a crucial factor for Indigenous Peoples’ survival worldwide. Indigenous territories offer communal protection of the […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/jacobgaldston When asked to situate the world’s most iconic rainforest on a map, most people will pinpoint Brazil. And given the intense media coverage of the country’s deforestation and fires – concerns reached a peak under former president Jair Bolsonaro and his free-for-all approach – they might also imagine a thick […]
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