Join us this Black Friday – Cyber Monday to say
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This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re coming together to send a clear message to corporate America and this administration: We Ain’t...
Rights expert calls for ending discriminatory policies and practices in sport
“States must take positive actions to eradicate discrimination based on gender, ethnic identity, legal status, age or any other factor, including indirect, intersectional and...
‘Justice is long overdue’: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism
“Africa is a continent of boundless energy and possibility. But for too long, the colossal injustices inflicted by enslavement, the transatlantic slave trade and...
UN relief chief calls for solidarity, with humanitarians ‘literally under attack’
Tom Fletcher was speaking at the annual stock-take of his sector known as the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, which brings together UN Member States...
Children’s lives ‘turned upside down’ by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF
Alarmingly, 110 million children in the region live in countries affected by war, with homes, schools and health facilities damaged or destroyed in fighting.
“A...
Reparations Now! – Oct 29, 2025
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Reparations Now! Holding Candidates Accountable
With New York State having a Community Commission on Reparations, we are the closest we have ever...
Upcoming Event: “The 2024 Presidential Election: Progress or Disaster?”
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Refugees, migrants face violence, abuse and death on routes across Africa, new data shows
Data from a new report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Mixed Migration Centre...
America’s long history of anti-Haitian racism, explained
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The US has often singled out Haitian immigrants. GOP attacks are the latest example.
By Li Zhou, Vox —
This past week, Republicans amplified...
Why do most people believe in and stick with incorrect universe origin theories?
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With the plethora of scientific data and beautiful pictures of celestial bodies that...
Millions of young women suffer at the hands of their intimate partners: WHO
The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, draws on existing data and provides the first detailed examination of...
Ukraine: Population drops by 10 million since Russia invaded in 2014, UNFPA reports
Since Russia’s invasion in 2014, the ongoing war has worsened these trends, with millions displaced and thousands killed, said Florence Bauer, UNFPA regional director for...
Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask
Speaking from Beirut in the aftermath of Lebanon’s “worst day in 18 years”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) deputy representative in the country, Ettie...
‘The real challenge is still ahead’: UN warns on Afghan returnees
“The real challenge is still ahead of us,” Stephanie Loose, Programme Manager in Afghanistan, told journalists in Geneva on Friday.“We’re speaking about the reintegration...
World News In Brief: Sudan conflict intensifies, Global inequality deepening, HIV success amid new...
In South Kordofan, confrontations between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and the Sudanese Armed Forces have “intensified in recent days”, the Spokesperson for...
Universe-origin scientist shares 3 world-shaking, lifesaving truths about the separation of science and faith...
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While the arguments against or in favor of the separation of science and faith (or church and state) are well-known to...
Human Rights Council focuses on Iran, Syria, Venezuela
Council-appointed experts pointed to grave violations of fundamental rights in Iran, linked to popular protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022.Sara Hossein,...
Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a...
The 2025 Global AIDS Update released on Thursday by UNAIDS – the global body’s agency fighting AIDS and HIV infection – warns that a...
Letting Coal Die Will Save Both Lives and Money and Create Jobs (In Coal...
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Note to every American: Keeping coal plants open – never mind bringing more online – kills people.
And closing...
Modi meets CARICOM leaders
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This is only the second time that an Indian Prime Minister had visited Guyana since Indira...
National Reparations Strategy Session Urgent Call to Action
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Women and girls in Sudan disproportionately impacted by ongoing conflict
The need for gender-based violence-related services has increased 100 per cent since the crisis began in April 2023, the UN agency championing gender affairs reported,...
Israel refutes South Africa’s accusations at UN world court
Linked to South Africa’s ongoing case accusing Israel of violating its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of...
UN pushes for inclusive future in Afghanistan at Doha talks
Speaking in the Qatari capital, Doha, after the Third Meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan, UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo expressed deep concern over...
