Alabama shipwreck holds key for kin of enslaved Africans
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Keys to the past and the future of a community descended from enslaved Africans lie in a river bottom on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, where the remains…
Access to justice for women and girls: UNDP and UN Women launch the Gender Justice Platform
New York – On International Women’s Day, UNDP and UN Women launched the Gender Justice Platform to leverage their partnership on gender justice. Since 2020, UN Women and UNDP have joined…
UN: Ukraine war is `child rights crisis’ with school attacks
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The war in Ukraine is a “child rights crisis” where education is under attack, nearly 100 youngsters have been killed in just the last month, and…
Unity among nations, in push for greater space security at UN-led talks
A new UN-led push to prevent an arms race in outer space has received wide-ranging support and participation from civil society and Member States – including all five permanent members of the…
The East Jerusalem Palestinian Who Became Israel’s Chief Scientist
Tareq Abu Hamad is the first Jerusalem Palestinian to reach a senior position in an Israeli government ministry. Now, as director of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, he describes…
Religious Community in Public Health and Medicine
Religious and spiritual traditions have, for millennia, provided beliefs, practices, rituals, services and communities where individuals gather to make sense of life, support one another, and seek the transcendent. Recent…
Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury
Intimate partner violence has been on the rise with the COVID-19 pandemic. One in four women and one in ten menexperience violence in an intimate relationship. A common result of this violence is,…
No sea serpents, mobsters but Tahoe trash divers strike gold
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent a…
Why baby formula is in short supply — and who is most at risk
America is enduring its worst baby formula shortage in decades. America is enduring its worst baby formula shortage in decades. Baby formula has been running low all over the United…
Mariupol evacuations ‘a glimmer of hope’ in Ukraine war
The United Nations continues to explore all options to reach civilians affected by Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine, deputy humanitarian affairs chief Joyce Msuya said in an update to the…
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