The advice I gave Madeleine Albright when she found out she was Jewish
(JTA) — “How long have known me, Stu?” Madeleine Albright asked me that question with a sense of urgency I had not heard from her before. It was mid-January 1996,…
Biden signs into law first anti-lynching bill in U.S. history
President Biden signed into law Tuesday a historic bill to make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. for the first time. Why it matters: The new law comes…
Liberian Accused Of Being War Commander Arrested In US
A Liberian accused of having been a rebel leader during the deadly civil war that tore his country apart has been arrested in the United States, suspected of hiding his…
DR Congo: UN envoy calls for strategy to address root causes of conflict
Amid deteriorating security in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the top UN envoy in the country has called for a comprehensive political strategy that…
COVID-19: Education risks becoming ‘greatest divider’
Now entering its third year, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to hold back some 405 million school children worldwide from a full return to the classroom, according to a new…
Dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms
Flooding and displacement in South Sudan are expected to worsen when the wet season begins in around a month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday. “Urgent action is…
Response plan launched to support 1.4 million Rohingya and Bangladeshis
“Robust and sustained international support” is again needed for Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi communities generously hosting them, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. “Humanitarian agencies are seeking…
UN highlights human cost of transatlantic slave trade
The United Nations on Tuesday remembered the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and its continued impact on the modern world, by honouring the tradition of resistance to slavery and unity against racism,…
Biden Signs Bill Making Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
WASHINGTON — Presidents typically say a few words before they turn legislation into law. But Joe Biden flipped the script Tuesday when it came time to put his signature on…
Unprotected Russian soldiers disturbed radioactive dust in Chernobyl’s ‘Red Forest’, workers say
LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - Russian soldiers who seized the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster drove their armoured vehicles without radiation protection through a highly toxic zone called the…