The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is scaling up operations in Sudan, where 10.9 million people, 30 per cent of the population, are expected to need lifesaving support this year…
A young Cambodian woman says it is her dream to help remove all land mines from the south of Lebanon and improve living conditions for all people living under the…
The ICMGLT joins Dr. Helen Fine’s family and friends in mourning her passing on May 14, 2022. A pioneer in the field of genocide studies, Dr. Fine established the Institute…
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We know how to fix the problem of gun violence, so why haven’t we acted on it? This viewpoint originally appeared in BU Today. On May 24, a gunman walked into…
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — As the war in Ukraine rages, Serbia’s president announced that he has secured an “extremely favorable” natural gas deal with Russia during a telephone conversation Sunday with…
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The last week of April was a whirlwind for San Francisco’s Chinatown. The storied neighborhood debuted the “AAPI Community Heroes Mural,” a mostly black and white depiction of 12 mostly…
The state's archaeologists believe people quarried red ocher at Powars II starting 12,840 years ago More than 12,000 years ago, the first inhabitants of present-day eastern Wyoming came across a…
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