Countries: Israel, occupied Palestinian territory Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The report calls for accountability and justice across the board for serious violations of the laws of armed conflict and other gross human rights violations committed by all parties.
Read MoreSeventeen-year-old Fatimah receives vocational training at Gonidamgari Primary School in Maiduguri, North-East Nigeria. Thanks to Education Cannot Wait investments, girls like Fatimah, who had never been enrolled in school, are now able to attend a flexible hybrid learning programme for out-of-school adolescent girls. Credit: ECW By Joyce ChimbiMAIDUGURI, Nigeria & […]
Read MoreCountries: Bangladesh, Myanmar Source: International Rescue Committee Despite the Bangladesh government refusing to accept any more refugees, the IRC is monitoring the situation and preparing to scale up its refugee response, should this decision change.
Read MoreCountry: occupied Palestinian territory Source: Save the Children All 1.1 million children in Gaza are now facing death by starvation and disease as fighting, bombardment and insecurity have impeded safe aid delivery, Save the Children warns.
Read MoreThe point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed – for lack of a better word – is good. Greed is right. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms – greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge – […]
Read MoreForty countries from the Asia and Pacific region today agreed that transforming agrifood systems was imperative to providing food security for their children’s generation and beyond, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The summation was delivered at today’s close of the 37th Session of […]
Read MoreCountries: Afghanistan, Belarus, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Libya, Lithuania, Niger, Poland, Serbia, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, World Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Drawn from first-hand accounts from medical staff and patients, a Médecins Sans Frontières report details the harrowing consequences of […]
Read MoreCompanies using formaldehyde in their operations should be aware of recent developments with the potential to substantially impact litigation concerning this substance. With regulations significantly reducing permissible levels of exposure on the horizon, many current uses of formaldehyde are likely to come under increased scrutiny from both regulators and plaintiffs’ […]
Read MoreCredit: iStockphoto/Anil Shakya By Sanjay SrivastavaBANGKOK, Thailand, Feb 22 2024 (IPS) 2023 was the warmest year on record. The latest Copernicus Climate Change Service highlights that February 2023 to January 2024 was the first time that we experienced 12 consecutive months of temperatures 1.5-degree hotter than the pre-industrial era. 2015 […]
Read MoreHow to harness the potential of a dynamic region in transforming the ways in which our food is produced and distributed globally, while also tackling its own all-too persistent problems of hunger and poverty – these are the crucial challenges that ministers from across Asia and the Pacific will be […]
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