Highlights and images of main proceedings for 31 May 2022
A Senegalese activist calls for a ban on plastic carrier bags. On the penultimate day of the meeting, delegates engaged in detailed discussions on the rules of procedure that will…
Hinckley nears full freedom 41 years after shooting Reagan
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is set to preside over an important hearing for John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and is on the…
Ukrainian veterans of the 'Azov' volunteer battalion attend a rally dedicated to the Volunteer Day in honor of volonteer fighters who joined Ukrainian Army at a war conflict at eastern the country regions, in downtown of Kyiv, Ukraine, on 14 March, 2020. Several thousands Ukrainians including servicemen, volunteers and their supporters marched in central of Ukrainian capital despite the ban on holding mass events because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. On 11 March 2020 the Ukrainian Government has approved measures in the face of a threat of coronavirus infection outbreak in Ukraine and to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. The quarantine in educational institutions for a period of three weeks introduced in Ukraine from March 12, and to impose restrictions on conducting mass events in which 200 or more people are planned to participate. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Truth About Ukrainian Nationalism and Claims It’s Tainted by Nazism
In light of Russian propaganda, Haaretz is delving into the concept of Ukrainian nationalism, to better understand its historical and contemporary meaning, and find out where the Azov Battalion fits…
Analysis | Ukraine War: Why the Tide Is Suddenly Turning in Russia’s Favor
Having abandoned its overambitious plans to take all of Ukraine, Moscow has reverted to its tried-and-true methods – more reminiscent of World War I than modern warfare – to slowly…
Somalia: ‘Dire and grim’ drought, impacting more than 7 million
Accompanying Somalia’s newly-appointed drought envoy on his first field visit, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official for the Horn of Africa country warned on Tuesday of the devastating outlook for…
Ukraine: ‘Perfect storm’ threatens economic devastation in developing world
Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine is causing immense suffering and devastation there, but also creating a “perfect storm” which could devastate the economies of “many developing countries”, the UN chief…
Pandemic hampers progress to achieve universal energy access by 2030 
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed progress towards universal access to electricity and clean cooking fuels and technology, and fallout from the war in Ukraine could result in further setbacks, according…
California to unveil groundbreaking slave reparations report
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans will release a report Wednesday documenting in detail the harm perpetrated by the state and recommending steps…
Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere
OSUN, Nigeria (AP) — As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly…
Samella Lewis, tireless champion of African American art, dies at 99
When Samella Lewis began teaching art history in the 1950s and ′60s, Black artists were often shut out of major American museums, passed over in favor of European masters and…
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