Orphan Swazi schoolboys playing soccer in a local school in Mbabane, Swaziland, in 2006.
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Whether it’s global conflicts or communities in trouble, the solutions to peace and prosperity aren’t only found by government. Sports, too, can bring about much-needed change.
A push for digital peace is growing around the world.
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Dozens of countries and hundreds of firms and nonprofits are fed up with digital violence and are working toward greater cybersecurity for all.
The higher the risk, the less likely that young, educated Ghanaians will get involved in corruption.
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Corruption includes both what people do and what they fail to do. The critical issue is a person’s motive.
Ray Stannard Baker joins Woodrow Wilson at the lectern in front of Congress.
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving her job, and two media scholars reflect on the career of the very first press secretary – a model of openness who respected news reporters.
We have such romantic notions of being finally appreciated on Mother’s Day that some mothers feel disappointed. Perhaps we should shift the idea of what Mother’s Day can be.
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Mother’s Day was originally a call for peace and justice. Some are advocating it be returned to a day of action and reflection.
President Richard M. Nixon welcomes the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the USS Hornet, the recovery ship for the mission, where they are quarantined. From left to right: Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin.
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Objects left on the Moon are not just abandoned rockets and rovers. There is a lot of historic and sentimental memorabilia. Some of it hints at a mission that the first Moonwalkers almost forgot.
Members of the Taliban attend a separate round of peace talks in Moscow in November 2018.
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A Taliban perspective on recent peace talks for Afghanistan.
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Human conflict can bring isolation to environments, which helps the local ecology thrive. After the war has ended, the return of nature is a poignant memorial and symbol of peace.
Elections, and observer processes are a big priority in Africa.
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Surveys shows that the majority of Africans prefer democracy, despite its flaws, to the alternatives.
Emmanuel Macron called for support for “open, secure, stable, accessible and peaceful cyberspace”.
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The French president’s Paris Call is for international collaboration to make the Internet safer. What are the advances and limitations of this text?
Lay down your arms.
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A new strategy from the UN secretary general challenges the world to explain why it’s not doing more to defuse the nuclear threat.
Israeli fire on Palestinian protesters at the Gaza border on Monday resulted in at least 58 deaths.
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With its opening of a new embassy in Jerusalem and defence of Israeli actions in Gaza, the Trump administration has signalled its lack of interest in bringing lasting peace to the region.
Six memorial candles are lit during a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Sharkey Theater on board Naval Station Pearl Harbor.
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Remembrance days and memorials provide people the opportunity to share stories with a community. An expert explains how that can make a difference.
The IOC has adopted the dove as an official Olympic symbol.
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History shows Olympic Games have only very limited ability to promote peace between warring nations.
A flag with Korean peninsula unification symbol at the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
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North Korea has taken up the South’s invitation to the Olympics, but a quick look at the history of North-South talks suggests that unity is not as close as it may seem.
Building peace from the bottom up.
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Brexit negotiations threaten the peacebuilding efforts that have taken place since the Good Friday Agreement.
People praying on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
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Wondering why Jerusalem matters so much? A 25-year veteran of the Israeli Foreign Service explains what you need to know.
Zarina Sodha, from Lakhpath Kachchh, Gujarat (western India), a folk singer.
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Passionate musicians in Western India are committed to “break down the walls” of hate built by opportunistic politics between religious communities.
Can the media relay a more peaceful message? A mural of Donald Trump in Dublin by the artist Subset.
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Bellicose reporting can lead to a destructive feedback loop.
Women wearing their WIPNET T-shirts plan a peace jamboree the day before the Liberian election in October 2017.
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Thousands of Liberian women have banded together to bring about peace and to fight for women’s rights. They’ve changed the face of the African nation.