Jane Yolen, the acclaimed and prolific children’s book author whose oeuvre of more than 400 books includes the bestselling Holocaust time-travel novel “The Devil’s Arithmetic,” was honored for her writing…
The world must accept that COVID-19 is with us “for the foreseeable future”, even if it is possible to end the acute phase of the pandemic this year, UN health…
Their numbers were far less than the 20,000 promised at the “Defeat the Mandates” march on the Lincoln Memorial, but the far-right crowd’s claims were just as fantastical. WASHINGTON, D.C.—A hodgepodge…
On a color-coded map, land belonging to Native tribes that opposed the Line 3 pipeline were marked in red — areas of “threat” to the bottom line. When the oil…
The US Postal Service will honor sculptor Edmonia Lewis on a forever stamp as part of its Black Heritage series. The US Postal Service will issue a forever stamp Wednesday…
Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, has ended a four-day visit to Nigeria, pledging support and promising the United Nations will do everything it can to help rebuild the lives of…
Urgent action is required to assist and protect some 400 Vietnamese migrant workers who were allegedly trafficked to Serbia, experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday. …
Unable to bear the shame of being captured as a prisoner of war, Shoichi Yokoi hid in the jungles of Guam until January 1972 When Japanese sergeant Shoichi Yokoi returned…
Happy Friday! Before heading into the weekend we're sharing columns on racism, Russia and Guantanamo Bay. Happy reading and have a safe weekend. Last month, the day after Christmas, I…
One of the largest coral reefs in the world has been discovered by a UN-supported scientific mission off the coast of Tahiti. Announcing the stunning find on Thursday, UNESCO said that divers…