The Summit of the Future in September, 2024, will produce an inter-governmentally negotiated, action-oriented Pact for the Future with chapters on: Sustainable development and financing for development; International peace and security; Science,…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom…
Canadian school boards have filed a lawsuit against social media giants, claiming that these platforms have had a negative impact on the way children think, behave, and learn. While there…
Swedish Prosecution Authority / Media / Press releases / 2024 / September / Woman indicted with genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes in Syria The investigation shows that the Islamic State, IS, attacked the Yazidi religious minority in…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert warned on Friday that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals in the troubled Caribbean country remains underfunded…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As world leaders meeting in the United Nations this week discuss the future of efforts to rein in the gangs strangling Haiti, Haitians are expressing hopelessness…
New York, 2024Summit of the Future 20-21 September — Action Days 22-23 September — Summit World leaders adopt a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration…
Yooree Kim marched into a police station in Paris and told an officer she wanted to report a crime. Forty years ago, she said, she was kidnapped from the other…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. As the country prepares for…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. historian and author Timothy Snyder on Saturday led a charity run in Kyiv to raise awareness of the conditions under which Ukrainian prisoners of war are held…