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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 โserious concernโ about the Myanmar military juntaโs plans to hold national elections by January 2026....
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source: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: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: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: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: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: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: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: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:India needs to understand the nuanced reality of the ground situation in Bangladesh.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: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:Click to expand Image Kherson Childrenโs 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:At REI, two union-backed candidates are excluded from the co-op boardโs ballot. Workers respond with a membership-based campaign and in the state legislature.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:[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:Reducing the rivalry to a simplistic โwhoโs 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: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:The UN Childrenโs 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: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: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 UNโs top envoy for the region warned on Friday.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: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 childrenโs and refugee agencies said on Friday.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Classes cut short by air raid sirens have become a routine part of school life for many Ukrainian youngsters in the three years since Russiaโs full-scale invasion began,a new UN report published on Friday details.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Israelโs 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: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: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: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: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: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 Lebanonโs 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:The Trump administration has a golden opportunity to improve its relationship with a key Southeast Asian partner.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: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: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:The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Climate change and โunsustainable human activitiesโ are driving โunprecedented 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: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: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:Artem Kariakin and his unit would regularly cross into Russia - until last week.
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