Ukraine war: UNICEF highlights 40 per cent rise in children killed this year
Attacks that occurred between January and March left 25 children dead, including a two-month-old, said the agency. During the first three weeks of April,...
Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear
Pehr Lodhammar, a senior officer from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), said that the war has left an estimated 37 million tonnes...
‘We are history in the making’
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Portugal must ‘pay costs’ of slavery and colonial crimes, President Sousa says
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By Catarina Demony, Reuters —
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said late on Tuesday that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during...
Congress Restores Access to Benefits for Thousands of Ukrainians
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The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) applauds Congress for its vote authorizing Ukrainians who are now arriving...
Civil Rights Leaders Hail Prime Minister’s Resignation as Positive Progress, Advocate for Further Steps...
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NEW YORK (April 25, 2024) — National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial, National Action Network Founder and President...
World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place,...
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten together with Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya, said that more than a year into...
The March Against Displacement in Harlem and Palestine!
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By Herb Boyd —
First I heard the drumming, then the chants of “Viva, Viva Palestina!” from a long line of protesters...
Mo Farah, Olympic Gold Medalist, to Make Landmark Visit to Kenya as First IOM...
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Nairobi/Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s first Global Goodwill Ambassador Sir Mo Farah will be in Kenya for his...
No Place to Make a Vote of Thanks
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On the long tradition of Black third-party activism.
By Marc Blanc, HNN —
From its start on June 5, 2023, Cornel West’s chaotic...
Putin, Trump and Netanyahu unveil the terrifying perils of strongman rule
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By Thom Hartmann —
The most amazing thing about Donald Trump’s current criminal trial is that it is happening at all. He...
Free Palestine Non-Violently — Vantage Point Vignette by Dr. Ron Daniels
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Vantage Point VignettesComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
A determined new multiracial, multireligious generation of college and university students, including a...
Russia vetoes Security Council draft resolution on a weapon-free outer space
The Security Council rejected the draft resolution, introduced by Japan and the United States, by a vote of 13 in favour to one against,...
UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti
The migrants were on a boat carrying at least 77 people from Ras al-Ara off Yemen’s coast which capsized off the coast of Djibouti,...
The stunning rebirth of the American labor movement
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The pendulum is swinging toward countervailing power.
By Robert Reich —
On Friday, Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted overwhelmingly to join the...
24 Migrants Dead in New Shipwreck off Djibouti Coast; Second Deadly Incident in Two...
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Geneva/ Djibouti, 24 April – At least 24 migrants have died and 20 others are missing after a boat they were travelling...
The leader of Papua New Guinea criticizes Biden’s ‘Cannibals’ comment.
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Twice last week, President Biden suggested without evidence that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals there after his plane went...
Stupid is as Stupid Does. C’mon people! — By Jim Clingman
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By Jim Clingman —
In March of 2018, after 25 years of doing so, I submitted my final Blackonomics column to the...
Funding shortfall puts WFP operations in Chad at risk
The warning comes as aid agencies scramble to respond to a fresh wave of displacement sparked by the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Darfur region...
UNRWA committed to implement independent review recommendations
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini briefed journalists in New York a day after the independent review panel published its findings. Former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna spearheaded...
Desperate Afghan returnees from Pakistan face uncertain future: IOM
According to IOM, in the past two months alone, nearly 375,000 Afghans left Pakistan, primarily utilizing the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings, near...
IOM Unveils “Wearin’ it Together” at the European Parliament
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Strasbourg, 23 April – A world-renowned photographer, a steadily growing sustainable fashion brand, and a shared commitment to illuminate the narratives...
General Assembly debates Security Council’s rising veto use
Assembly President Dennis Francis emphasised that the Security Council remains unable to collectively address critical peace and security situations in the Gaza Strip, Mali, Syria...
World News in Brief: Aid cut threat for Afghan deportees, saving Rohingya lives at...
Pakistan announced in October that it would begin deporting “undocumented” foreign nationals starting on 1 November, affecting thousands of Afghans who have found refuge...
