Americas: Rising COVID-19 caseload should be a ‘wake-up call’ 
COVID-19 rates are on the rise in the Americas, where new infections and fatalities have been steadily increasing over the past four weeks, the regional office of the World Health…
UN marks first ever international day spotlighting women working in the maritime industry
The first ever International Day for Women in Maritime kicked off its inaugural celebration on Wednesday with a seminar to “take stock and identify areas where improvement is needed”, the top UN…
Global economic growth downgraded due to spillover from Ukraine war 
The global economy is expected to grow by only 3.1 per cent this year, down from the 4.0 per cent projected in January, largely derailed by the war in Ukraine,…
First polio outbreak in 30 years declared in Mozambique
Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that a child in the country’s north-eastern Tete province, had contracted the disease. This marks the…
Repairing the abyss between the rights of Indigenous people and the multigenerational legacies of the traumas of colonialism I (Webinar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_jA7KUsJPs Colonialism has had profound historical and ongoing impacts on the indigenous peoples of the Americas, affecting their environments, economic stability, education, health and wellbeing, cultures, and political power. Identified…
How a white evangelical family could dismantle adoption protections for Native children
The federal court case could have a sweeping impact on Native families and tribal sovereignty. In June 2016, a 10-month-old Navajo and Cherokee boy was placed in the home of…
Opinion  Tim Scott: Abortion is not the way to help single Black mothers
Tim Scott, a Republican, represents South Carolina in the U.S. Senate. My mom raised my brother and me on her own, struggling to make ends meet. She worked 16 hours…
UN envoy urges Iraq’s political class to ‘roll up its sleeves’, for the people
The top United Nations official in Iraq made an urgent appeal on Tuesday for the prompt formation of a new Government that meets the aspirations of that country’s people. “National…
A racist theory may have driven the Buffalo tragedy. The Murdochs thrive on it.
The demented ideology flows from many sources. One of them is Fox News. BUFFALO — A steady rain fell from leaden skies Monday over the cordoned-off Tops supermarket on Jefferson…
Syrian refugees in Iraq, risk losing access to basic food supplies
Syrian families living in refugee camps in Iraq are facing new and alarming levels of food insecurity, according to figures released by the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN refugee agency, UNHCR,…
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