Stream an opera rarity by a black composer (while you can)
Fancy a prestigious TV break for an evening? Good news: an important 20th century American opera is now available for streaming, after a rare staging this summer. And it lasts…
Femicides in the US: the silent epidemic few dare to name
The death of Gabby Petito draws attention to a form of widespread gendered violence in the US that has long been hiding in plain sight The last week of July,…
Climate change: How to measure a shrinking glacier
Glaciers are regarded as a key indicator of climate change. Scientists warn that under the current melting rate, even major glaciers are at risk of disappearing. This, in turn, will…
DC-CAM member visits a Khmer Rouge survivor. Supplied
Youk Chhang heals Khmer Rouge survivors’ genocide pains
Youk Chhang, director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-CAM) and a survivor of the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields, recently received $6.5 million from the US government via USAID to…
Theoneste Bagosora, architect of Rwanda genocide, dies aged 80
Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel regarded as the architect of the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed, has…
Leaders to UN: A warmer world is a more violent one, too
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Using apocalyptic images, three presidents and seven foreign ministers warned Thursday that a warmer world is also a more violent one. At a ministerial meeting of…
UN rights chief urges Belarus neighbours to protect asylum-seekers
GENEVA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called on Belarus' neighbours on Friday to protect asylum seekers after four people died near the Polish border earlier…
The Latest: Libya plans conference on its political process
fter a no-confidence vote in Libya’s transitional government this week added to uncertainty ahead of key elections in December, one of its leaders said Thursday the government would hold an…
UN General Assembly: Africa’s leaders push for unity
World leaders are delivering their speeches at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In the past, Africans have mainly ignored this event but this year appears to be different.…
U.N. looks for recipe to tackle global food dysfunction
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Billions of people are overweight, millions are hungry, one third of food is wasted and the way the world produces, processes and consumes food…
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