Promoting gender equality a ‘crucial contribution’ in effort to restore, protect our planet’s oceans
Women are engaged in all aspects of interaction with our ocean, yet their voices are often missing at the decision-making level, the head of the […]
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Friday’s Daily Brief: electronic hopes and fears, updates from Libya, Syria, Australia and the Philippines
Wrapping up this week, our top stories are: how new technologies are a “vector for hope” and “source of fear”, according to UN chief Guterres; […]
Key economic forum in Russia: New technology a ‘vector of hope’ but also ‘a source of fear’ says Guterres
Technological innovation is continuing to transform the world, with the potential to propel us all towards reaching the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) said the […]
Libya’s migrants and refugees with tuberculosis ‘left to die’ in detention centres
Migrants and refugees suffering from tuberculosis are being left “effectively to die” in a Libyan detention centre south of Tripoli, the UN human rights office, […]
Accountability in Sudan ‘crucial’ to avoid ‘further bloodshed’, says UN rights office
Now in its fifth day, a crackdown by the military authorities in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, with dozens reported killed, has prompted a “gravely […]
Libya’s migrants and refugees with tuberculosis ‘left to die’ in detention centres
Migrants and refugees suffering from tuberculosis are being left “effectively to die” in a Libyan detention centre south of Tripoli, the UN human rights office, […]
Four million have now fled Venezuela, UN ramps up aid to children who remain
The number of people who have left Venezuela to escape the country’s ongoing political and economic crisis, has reached some four million, the UN announced […]
Around 23 million boys have married before reaching 15; ‘we can end this violation’ says UNICEF chief
An estimated 115 million boys and men around the world were married as children, 23 million of them before the age of 15, according to […]
Around 23 million boys have married before reaching 15; ‘we can end this violation’ says UNICEF chief
An estimated 115 million boys and men around the world were married as children, 23 million of them before the age of 15, according to […]
World Bank downgrades global growth forecasts, poorest countries hardest hit
The World Bank has lowered its expectations of global economic growth for this year in a new report. It says that, although the picture for […]