Research shows cities are delivering on their climate pledges. More than mayors, the real force behind these local transitions are nonprofit organisations.
People gather around a hole being dug in search of water in Darfur, Sudan, in 2004.
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Many genocide classes review the Holocaust or Cambodia’s Killing Fields. A scholar wanted to show that genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing still happen today.
Peace proposal: Chinese envoy Dai Bing tells the United Nations that a ceasefire is the most urgent priority for Beijing.
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With no end in site to the Ukraine war, and the UN largely powerless, New Zealand now faces difficult military, humanitarian, diplomatic and legal challenges.
Surprise visit: Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, welcomes the US president, Joe Biden, to the presidential palace in Kyiv.
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Turkey vs. Türkiye? When a country changes its name or requests changes to the spelling of its name, there are almost always political motives.
People gather in the Davos Congress Center prior to the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2023.
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The kidnapping of Phil Mehrtens is a sign the West Papuan independence movement is again becoming desperate to attract international attention, following decades of violent human rights abuses.
Failure to disclose all of an organisation’s emissions misleads consumers and investors.
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We’re rarely aware of a company’s full environmental footprint.
Canadian and German troops take part in a Canadian flag-raising ceremony as the first Canadian troops arrived at a UN base in Gao, Mali, in June 2018. Was the initiative just an exercise in box-checking for Justin Trudeau’s government?
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A decision to bulldoze the home belonging to the family of a man accused of killing seven people outside a synagogue in East Jerusalem has sparked questions over the legality of Israeli policy.
A green turtle on Aldabra entangled in abandoned fishing gear.
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New data from 2000 through 2019 shows that Ukraine’s human rights record is better than Russia’s – but worse than that of its Western European neighbors.
A child receives treatment after an alleged chemical attack in Syria in 2017.
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Chemical weapons and toxins are still being used in current wars. Without action, ecosystems and people are at risk.
People walk past an art installation by Turkish-American artist Refik Anadol at the 2023 World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
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Leaders must find new ways to measure development and economic progress and to co-operate on prioritising human and environmental security over profits.
A past anti-FGM campaign meeting in Kajiado County, Kenya.
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