Nuclear energy in the Middle East: A realistic choice or a risk?
“Nuclear energy is at the intersection of energy demands, technological innovation, and the evolving security landscape. This creates a huge opportunity,” says Shota Kamishima,...
World News in Brief: Haiti crisis continues, Gaza-West Bank update, Sir David Attenborough at...
A new report released by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) on Friday says at least 1,642 people were killed and 745 others...
Central African Republic: Funding cuts put humanitarian support at risk
Edem Wosornu, Director of OCHA’s Crisis Response Division, was speaking to journalists fresh from her first-ever visit to the country, which “is determined to get itself out of crisis mode.” For...
Ethical Insights From Odu Ifa: Choosing To Be Chosen
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
This is a sankofa retrieval of memory and message from the sacred text, Odu Ifa, intentionally offered...
Malaria vaccine is saving children’s lives: WHO
The findings, published in The Lancet, a widely respected medical journal, are based on a large‑scale evaluation of the RTS,S malaria vaccine introduced in...
Somalia teeters on the brink of catastrophe as hunger crisis deepens
That’s the verdict delivered on Friday by World Food Programme (WFP) Assistant Executive Director Matthew Hollingworth upon his return from Somalia, where millions are...
Ukraine: Over 3,000 attacks on healthcare since full-scale Russian invasion
“During 1,534 days of war, Ukraine’s healthcare system has experienced repeated attacks,” it said. Every aspect of the system has been targeted, from primary healthcare centres to maternity hospitals, ambulance teams and pharmaceutical...
Faith Without the Noise
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
I was raised Catholic.
Not casually Catholic. My mother was the kind of Catholic who went to Mass...
Lebanon war leaves families foraging for food despite ceasefire
According to the Lebanese authorities, more than 2,700 people have been killed since 2 March amid clashes between Hezbollah fighters based in Lebanon and...
‘Victims need a voice, assistance and justice’: UN victims’ rights advocate calls for stronger...
Najla Nassif Palma told UN News in an interview this week that Member States need to better support survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse by...
Wider hantavirus outbreak risk is ‘absolutely low’, insists UN health agency
“This is not COVID,” a WHO spokesperson told journalists at a briefing in Geneva, as the agency continues to coordinate the response to the...
‘Every Bird Counts:’ How city residents can help protect migratory birds
Ahead of World Migratory Bird Day on 9 May, UN News spoke to Catherine Quayle, Communications Director at the Wild Bird Fund in New York.This...
Beyond Selective Morality and Betrayals of Silence
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
One of the greatest challenges of our times in the small and larger circles of our lives...
Stability for Whom?
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How Federal Reserve policy lands hardest on those at the margins
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
By May 15, the Federal Reserve will...
Bahrain and US float Security Council resolution on the Strait of Hormuz
The text is supported by Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose representatives also took part in the stakeout. The development comes a...
World News in Brief: Somalia drought response, Gaza and Ukraine aid updates, human rights...
The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that drought, conflict and severe funding shortfalls are pushing millions into food insecurity across the country. Around...
Oil, plastics and climate: Why higher prices could speed a materials transition
Most conventional plastics are made from oil and gas and production costs have increased recently as a result of the closure of the Strait...
Living the Legacy of Labor Struggles for Inclusive Good
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
As I think lovingly and appreciatively of my mother on this coming Mother’s Day and reflect on...
Lebanon: Fresh strike on Beirut suburbs ‘a very alarming development’
This is obviously a very alarming development,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said during his daily briefing from New York. “We are deeply worried also about reports...
GDP up, satisfaction down: Why we need a new way to measure progress
Even people with no grounding or interest in business news will probably have heard of GDP which is frequently cited in mass media as...
Countries make progress on migration pact, but more work remains
They were all born elsewhere, part of the roughly 300 million people worldwide who have left their countries of origin whether to learn, work, reunite with family or pursue other opportunities. Migrants contribute to society, including in...
Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not ‘another COVID’, WHO says
Three people have died and several others have fallen ill aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, prompting a major international public health response involving countries...
UN mourns CNN founder Ted Turner, a ‘tireless champion for our common humanity’
The founder of the pioneering Cable News Network, CNN – which created the global 24-hour news cycle – died on Wednesday at his home in Florida. He was 87. UN Secretary-General António Guterres was deeply saddened to...
Security Council holds closed-door talks following attacks on United Arab Emirates
He was speaking shortly after the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, briefed a closed-door Security Council meeting focused on the missile...
