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Japan Doubts Myanmar Juntaโ€™s Election Plans

Click to expand Image People protest the military coup in Myanmar organized by the group "WeLoveMyanmar," outside the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 2021. 2021 AP Photo/Hiro Komae On March 21, during a session of the Japanese Diet on foreign affairs, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya expressed โ€œserious concernโ€ about the Myanmar military juntaโ€™s plans to hold national elections by January 2026....

Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Thomas Tuchel: Can English football embrace a German coach?

England's national football team has had foreign coaches before, but never a German. His appointment was divisive but what is the feeling around Thomas Tuchel now he has coached his first game?

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Betting on the Demise of Free Trade? Make Way for the New Players at the Table

While the future of multilateralism in trade remains uncertain, developing Asia is proving that the global trade order is still evolving.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Will Ukraine's Neptune long-range missile make a difference?

Ukraine has unleashed its new long-range missile, one that can reach targets deep inside Russia. Can this weapon replace the rockets supplied by the US?

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Germany approves $3 billion in military aid for Ukraine

The 3 billion package approved by the Bundestag Budget Committee comes on top of the 4 billion in military aid to Ukraine already planned in the 2025 budget.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Evolving Missile Technologies in India and Pakistan

New advances in missile technology risk undermining strategic stability in the region โ€“ and increasing the odds of conflict.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Crucial mRNA vaccine research at risk in the US

Scientists in the US who do research on mRNA technology worry their funding may be cut under President Trump. mRNA technology is the basis for COVID- and other vaccines and could play a role in cancer treatment.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

What India Needs to do to Fix the Foundations of its WASH Sector

It must cover operating costs and capital expenditures through a transparent long-term mix of taxes and user charges.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Germany seizes suspected Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tanker

Berlin has confiscated a tanker, believed to be part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet," according to a German news magazine report. The aging vessel was found floating off the country's northern coast in January.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Why India Must Stop Ignoring Bangladeshโ€™s Interim Government

India needs to understand the nuanced reality of the ground situation in Bangladesh.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

2025 is the year to invest in forests โ€“ and the people who depend on themย 

With COP30 in the Amazon, governments, businesses and funders must step up restoration finance and put forests at the centre of climate action The post 2025 is the year to invest in forests โ€“ and the people who depend on them appeared first on Climate Home News.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Climate Home News favicon Climate Home News

Trump Administration Shutters Research Lab Tracking Stolen Ukrainian Children

Click to expand Image Kherson Childrenโ€™s House, an orphanage from which Russian forces allegedly took 49 children in Kherson, Ukraine, November 27, 2022. 2022 Chris McGrath/Getty Images The Trump administration has jeopardized efforts to find thousands of Ukrainian children illegally deported to Russia and Belarus, and in doing so, may have compromised evidence of war crimes by Russian officials.After the US State...

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

REI Workers Undeterred by Co-opโ€™s Refusal to Let Union Candidates Run for Board

At REI, two union-backed candidates are excluded from the co-op boardโ€™s ballot. Workers respond with a membership-based campaign and in the state legislature.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Namibia: Strengthening Namibia's Global Investment Network

[NIPDB] As Namibia strengthens its position as a leading investment destination, strategic international partnerships are key to unlocking economic opportunities. Honorary Consuls serve as trusted representatives who promote trade, facilitate investment and deepen diplomatic and economic ties between Namibia and their respective countries.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

The AI Superpower Rivalry: A Zero-sum Game Between China and the United States?ย 

Reducing the rivalry to a simplistic โ€œwhoโ€™s winningโ€ frame overlooks its complexity: The future of AI will be defined by multiple specialized and adaptable systems, not a single dominant architecture.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

WORLD WATER DAY: The โ€˜cold hard truthโ€™

Melting glaciers, climate crises and access to clean water are some of the messages emerging ahead of World Water Day and on the first ever World Day for Glaciers. UN News app users can follow our coverage here.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

UNICEF condemns looting of lifesaving supplies for children in Sudan

The UN Childrenโ€™s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday strongly condemned the looting of vital humanitarian supplies from Al Bashair Hospital in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, warning that the theft puts thousands of malnourished children and mothers at risk.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

โ€˜The poison of racism continues to infect our worldโ€™, Guterres warns on International Day

The United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday, calling on the global community to uphold its shared responsibility to combat racism in all its forms.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Middle East crisis spirals amid mounting civilian deaths, aid blockade

The Israel-Palestine conflict is descending further into violence, with mounting civilian casualties in the West Bank and a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the UNโ€™s top envoy for the region warned on Friday.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis

Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that has engulfed the international aid sector, made worse by pronounced cuts in Washington, the UN childrenโ€™s and refugee agencies said on Friday.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Running to bomb shelters, nothing new for Ukraineโ€™s schoolchildren

Classes cut short by air raid sirens have become a routine part of school life for many Ukrainian youngsters in the three years since Russiaโ€™s full-scale invasion began,a new UN report published on Friday details.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Exhausted Gazans wake from another night of Israeli bombing: UN aid teams

Israelโ€™s renewed bombing campaign and intensifying ground operation in Gaza are reversing gains achieved during the brief ceasefire, UN humanitarians inside the devastated enclave said on Friday.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

How will Germany spend its โ‚ฌ1 trillion loans?

The German parliament has paved the way for record loans to strengthen the military, infrastructure and climate protection. But money alone is not enough. The country needs rapid planning and more skilled workers.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Germany: Upper house signs off on landmark debt reform plan

A favorable majority of Germany's 16 federal states has voted on an historic change to the country's debt borrowing rules, paving the way for billions of euros in defense and infrastructure spending.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Groundbreaking but controversial - new IOC president Coventry

Kirsty Coventry will become the 10th International Olympic Committee president - but why is she both a groundbreaking and controversial choice?

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

EU sidesteps Hungary veto, but more Ukraine showdowns loom

Budapest is quite content being the odd one out on Ukraine. The rest of the EU is also increasingly happy to bypass Hungarian vetoes โ€” at least when it can.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Lebanon: Support Justice for Beirut Blast Victims, Families

Click to expand Image Relatives of the victims of the deadly 2020 Beirut blast hold portraits of their loved ones on the fourth anniversary of the blast, August 4, 2024. 2024 AP Photo / Hussein (Beirut) โ€“ Lebanonโ€™s new government should take all necessary measures to strengthen judicial independence and ensure that the investigation into the August 2020 Beirut port explosion can proceed without undue interference or...

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Vietnamโ€™s Nuclear Energy Push Is a Strategic Opportunity For the US

The Trump administration has a golden opportunity to improve its relationship with a key Southeast Asian partner.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Navigating Uncertainty: Why Indonesia Needs a National Maritime Strategy

President Prabowo Subianto has plans to modernize the country's military, but there is a hole at the center of his strategy.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Ending Racism Means Addressing Its Historic Legacies

Click to expand Image A person waves a flag calling for reparations from the 1921 Tulsa Massacre during the Juneteenth Festival on June 19, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2021 Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the 60th anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It is a day all...

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Schools and hospitals get ยฃ180m solar investment

The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: BBC Climate favicon BBC Climate

Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns

Climate change and โ€œunsustainable human activitiesโ€ are driving โ€œunprecedented changesโ€ to mountains and glaciers, threatening... The post Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source: Carbon Brief favicon Carbon Brief

Germany win in Italy as Nations League final four looms

As the country enters a new era, Germany's football team made a strong start to 2025 with a win in Italy.

Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Free Press, Democracy, and the Threat of Trumpโ€™s Illiberal Regime

Attacks on the press by the Trump administration are all part of the authoritarian playbook, which seeks to discredit journalism to control information, evade accountability, and consolidate power. The free press must resist.

Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Ukraine's 'chaotic' withdrawal from Russia, in its soldiers' words

Artem Kariakin and his unit would regularly cross into Russia - until last week.

Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe favicon BBC Europe