Day: February 19, 2024
Kate Ashford: Retirement spending is a U-shaped curve. Here’s how to maximize it
Retirement spending isn’t always linear.
More than a game: How chess is helping prisoners in Canada
While chess may seem like just a board game to some, it is now being used in prison systems in Canada and across the world to help rehabilitate prisoners.
Niger defaults on debt payments again as post-coup woes pile
The West African state’s total debt default since last July’s coup is now $519m.
‘A new find’: one of last documents Abraham Lincoln signed goes on sale
Rare letter valued at $45,000 that lay undiscovered in desk drawer for years bears 16th president’s signature days before his deathOne of the last documents ever signed by Abraham Lincoln, which for years lay undiscovered in a desk drawer, is being off…
New York lobbyists ‘aiding and abetting’ climate crisis, research reveals
Lobbying firms work double-duty, representing political interests of victims and perpetrators of climate change in state capitalNew research reveals that dozens of New York universities, hospitals, museums and non-profits are employing lobbyists that a…
‘Unconscionable’ criminal justice bills could fuel soaring incarceration in Louisiana
Reform advocates condemn raft of measures expected to pass under new far-right governorLouisiana’s Republican-dominated state legislature is poised to enact a swathe of new criminal justice measures as a special legislative session convenes on Monday, …
World News in Brief: Millions battle hunger due to Sudan war, human rights essential to peace, surge in fighting along Ukraine frontline
At least 25 million people are struggling with soaring rates of hunger and malnutrition as the crisis arising from the war in Sudan sends shockwaves around the region, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday. Read the full story, “World News…
UN committed to help Somalia deliver ‘for its people’
Somalia remains resilient and strongly committed to state-
building
but more is needed to sustain the gains made in the fight against terrorist insurgency, the UN Special Representative in the country told the Secu…
Gaza: Israeli advance on Rafah would have ‘dire humanitarian consequences’
An extension of Israel’s military operation in Rafah, where over a million internally displaced Palestinians have been forced to shelter, will have “dire humanitarian consequences”, the UN Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza said on M…