Month: November 2019

Levels of the three main heat-trapping gases emitted into the atmosphere – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and nitrous oxide – have reached yet another high, […]

Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations in the world, but much it is often unreported due […]

You don’t have to be from New York or even the United States to be a Harlem Globetrotter. Yet in the team’s 93-year history, less […]

Reports of killed and maimed demonstrators, and a continuing nationwide internet shutdown in Iran’s now week-long protests are of “grave concern”, and the Government and […]

An alarming lack of exercise among adolescents across the world risks seriously compromising their health into adulthood, the UN said on Thursday.   Four in […]

There is a clear link between the seedy underbelly of the seafood industry, and fishers’ safety, now ranked as the second deadliest profession in the world; and more […]

Both positive and negative technological developments are jolting the world at “unprecedented speed”, the UN chief said on Thursday, underscoring the need to “maximize the […]

A group of thirty men in Gaza have succeeded in preventing the early marriage of girls under the age of 18, from 50 different families, […]

A recap of Wednesday’s stories: UN envoy reiterates position on illegality of Israeli settlements, World Children’s Day marked with calls for rights of children to […]