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Guterres to reduce UN aid โfootprintโ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse
The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the โdifficult decisionโ to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes โ but pledged that โthe UN is not leavingโ the enclave.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:
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South Sudan on the brink of civil war, top UN official warns
South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and political tensions deepen, the head of the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) warned on Monday.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Guterres urges governments to free detained UN personnel and ensure their safety
UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres has called for the immediate release of 52 United Nations personnel currently detained worldwide, including 23 being held by the de facto authorities in Yemen.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:โDonโt cut the aidโ: Insecurity worsens for stateless Rohingya, says UNHCRโs Grandi
The plight of Myanmarโs ethnic Rohingya is intensifying almost eight years since hundreds of thousands fled persecution and sought shelter in Bangladesh, the UN said on Monday, in an appeal for $934.5 million to help them.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:UN peace missions strained, with trust โin short supplyโ and widening divisions
United Nations peace operations are facing mounting challenges as conflicts become more protracted, geopolitical divisions widen and transnational threats multiply, Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres warned on Monday.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:UN agency warns of โsurgeโ in AIDS deaths without US funding
Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts to humanitarian work worldwide, the head of the UN agency coordinating the fight against HIV-AIDS warned that an additional 6.3 million people will die in the next four years, unless support is reinstated.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:When the Mouth Speaks, the Whole Person Heals: Bringing Integrative Community Therapy and Solidarity Care from Brazilโs Favelas to the United States
Integrative Community Therapy and the concept of solidarity care offer a way to help create community, solve personal and community challenges, alleviate suffering, cultivate love and solidarity, and move us toward health equity and justice. Thatโs a tall order, but itโs within the capacity of the people. In fact, that is the only place it exists.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Bridging the Healthcare Gap: How Sick Pikin Helps Sierra Leoneโs Children Access Lifesaving Treatments
As geopolitical shifts and domestic pressures in donor countries increasingly dictate the future of global health assistance, smaller nonprofits, like Sick Pikin in Sierra Leone, continue relying on the communities they serve for support. With limited healthcare infrastructure and ongoing funding challenges, itโs clear that more sustainable solutions are needed.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression
Given the historical, inherent biases in society generally and healthcare specifically, AI-driven advancements are not going to serve minority groups as a matter of course. Unless they are tailored to represent and serve all communities equally, they will exacerbate existing biases and disparities. We need representative data. How do we get there?
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Why are African teams playing football against Russia?
Since being banned from competitive football after invading Ukraine, Russia have largely faced sympathetic countries in friendlies. Increasingly, African sides are answering the call. Why is that?
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:4 key changes you may have missed in the new school funding agreement
In some good news for Australian students, there is now a firm plan to โfully fundโ public schools by 2034.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Concept of โGreater Mizoramโ Gets a Shot in the Arm From Myanmarโs Spring Revolution
The coming together of areas inhabited by communities in Indiaโs Mizoram and Myanmarโs Chin State has New Delhiโs tacit support. Myanmarโs junta is not amused.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Federal budget 2025: hereโs what we know so far
In an election year, federal budgets are rarely huge surprises. Hereโs a list of funding announcements the government has already made.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:NewJeans announce hiatus after setback in court battle
The K-pop group, which now call themselves NJZ, announce a pause after debuting a new song.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Synchronised bleaching: Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef are bleaching in unison for the first time
A marine heatwave has hit Ningaloo Reef hard โand the northern Great Barrier Reef is now bleaching too.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Germany: Social Security Failing to Protect Rights
Click to expand Image A womancollecting foodfroma Tafel-run food bank in Berlin, Germany, while children in strollers look on,July 3, 2023. 2023 Carsten Koall/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Social security failures coupled with structural gender inequality leave many people in Germany mired in poverty, especially single-parent families and older women.Major gaps remain in the worldโs third richest country between the...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Myanmar Junta Chief to Attend Regional Summit in Bangkok: Report
The trip to Thailand for the 6th BIMSTEC Summit would be Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing's first to an ASEAN member state since 2021.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution
Click to expand Image Smoke billows over the Mississippi River in Louisianaโs Cancer Alley. October 15, 2023. 2023 Eli Reed for Human Rights Watch Government officials, local authorities, health professionals, and civil society are gathering today at the secondglobal conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia.As multilateralism is under threat, this convening is a crucial opportunity for...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Nepal: Extend Social Protection for Children in Coming Budget
Click to expand Image Children write in chalk on the walls of a Saraswati temple on the festival of Saraswati Puja on January 26, 2023. 2023 Sipa via AP Images (Bangkok) โ The government of Nepal should use the forthcoming budget to protect the rights of Nepali children by expanding its popular and successful Child Grant program, 24 Nepali and international rights groups said today in a letter to Finance Minister...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:'I scarred my six children by using skin-lightening creams'
A mother explains why she - and 77% of the countryโs women - have used dangerous creams.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Albanese announces federal government has reached agreement to fully fund public schools โ video
Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese says his government has now reached a school funding agreement with all states and territories, with Queensland the last state to sign on. 'What the agreements between the commonwealth and our eight state and territory governments have delivered is that every student, regardless of which school they go to, will receive this funding,' the prime minister saysโApoplecticโ...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Frank Gardner: Ukraine upbeat and Russia in no rush at truce talks in Saudi Arabia
US negotiators held talks in Saudi Arabia with Ukraine on Sunday, and separately with Russia on Monday.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:Germany secure Nations League final four after wild draw
Germany land another summer of football after squeezing past Italy in a wild game in Dortmund that saw them throw a three-goal lead.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:Inside the CCP-Funded Travel Groups Looking to Influence Taiwanese
A visit by a group of Taiwanese youths to some obscure historical sites is more than just a travel outing. It is part of a calculated propaganda strategy.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:More than 50,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run ministry says
More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's military campaign in Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:3-week Gaza aid ban โcollective punishmentโ: UNRWA chief
The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said on Sunday.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:Mind your language: The battle for linguistic diversity in AI
For two years, one international organization under the umbrella of the UN has been leading a relentless campaign in the corridors of global digital diplomacy. Its mission? To bring linguistic diversity to English-dominated artificial intelligence.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:Israeli air strike kills top Hamas official in Gaza
Salah al-Bardaweel and his wife died in the southern city of Khan Younis, a Hamas source told the BBC.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:Did Serbia use a similar sound cannon to Romania in 1989?
A former Romanian prosecutor has claimed the sound technology allegedly used against protesters in Belgrade is a similar but more advanced version of the one used by the communist regime in the 1989 Romanian revolution.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:Fear and anger mount as 'battle for the soul of Romanian democracy' looms
Their last vote was cancelled due to alleged Russian meddling. Now Romanians fear what might happen in May.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:Senegal held by Sudan in World Cup qualifying
Sudan hold Senegal to a draw in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup and remain top of their group despite civil war continuing in the country.
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Berlin police arrest scores as neo-Nazi march blocked
Right-wing extremists aimed to march through Berlin's district of Friedrichshain. However, they didn't get very far as counter-protests blocked the way.
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Turkey arrests hundreds after Istanbul mayor protests
Turkish officials warned there would be "no tolerance for those who seek to violate societal order" amid escalating outrage over the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Germany's Friedrich Merz is ready for foreign policy challenges
The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it will also face big foreign policy challenges โ almost all of which are linked to Donald Trump.
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:As Hungary bans Pride events, critics fear Russian influence
Critics have called out "rising fascism" in Hungary, saying the government's move to ban LGBTQ+ Pride parades is just an attempt to divert attention from corruption scandals and Viktor Orban's flagging popularity.
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source: