There are plentiful opportunities ahead for peacebuilding in Colombia, the head of the UN Verification Mission in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. Read the full story, “Colombia: UN mission to verify rural reform and indigenous repre…
New US border policy poses risk to fundamental rights, warns UN’s Türk
Recent Biden Administration border policy reforms “risk undermining the basic foundations of international human rights and refugee law”, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Wednesday.Read the full story, “New US border poli…
COVID-19: WHO highlights critical importance of sharing virus sequences
Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday in Geneva. Read the full story, “COVID…
All Flights ‘Grounded Across US’ This Morning After FAA System Failure
Daily Mail: FAA fails to explain catastrophic ‘computer failure’ that delayed at least 7,000 flights and halted America’s air traffic for the first time since 9/11 – as it lifts ground order on planes after two-and-a-half hours of chaos * …
Uganda declares end of Ebola virus outbreak
In Uganda, a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus has been stopped in its tracks and declared officially over, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.Read the full story, “Uganda declares end of Ebola virus outbreak”, on globalissues.org →…
NATO and the EU set up taskforce on resilience and critical infrastructure
NATO and the EU agreed to create a taskforce on resilience and critical infrastructure protection, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday (11 January 2023) in Brussels.
How the Taliban’s ban on women aid workers could deepen Afghanistan’s crisis
Women wait in a line to receive cash at a money distribution organized by the World Food Program in Kabul, Afghanistan, in November 2021. | Bram Janssen/AP
Another edict that removes women from public life and makes it h…
Gallery owner is seen hosing down homeless woman in freezing temperatures
The incident sparked major backlash with two neighbours rebuking the man for hosing down a homeless woman in San Francisco.
Peru prosecutors launch probe into President Boluarte over deadly protests
Peru’s top prosecutor’s office on Tuesday said it launched an inquiry into new President Dina Boluarte and members of her cabinet over violent clashes that have seen at least 40 killed and hundreds injured since early December.The inquiry comes after …
Saint or sinner? Australia split over Cardinal George Pell
In death as in life, Cardinal George Pell split opinion in Australia: while believers on Wednesday mourned the passing of a “great churchman”, sexual abuse survivors said they would shed no tears.One of the most powerful figures in the Roman Catholic …