Stolen base king Rickey Henderson dies at 65
OAKLAND, Calif. — Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died. He...
Congress passes funding bill, averting a government shutdown
Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and...
As Big Oil Ally Trump Returns, Industry Set to Turn Lobbying...
The first Trump administration was a boon for fossil fuel executives, and a new analysis shows the efforts the industry is already making to...
SPAR Brings Meals to Women and Children in Need
SPAR has announced that its 'A Christmas Like No Other' campaign brought thousands of meals to women and children in need. Through this initiative,...
We Can and Must Do Our Best
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These Billion Humans Simply Do Not Exist
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The IOM estimates that one billion...
Driving change through sports and HIV awareness
Marouane Abouzid, a 25-year-old from Casablanca, grew up in an environment where social challenges and gender stereotypes were pervasive. However, his perspective changed the...
Our writers recall their most memorable Christmas gifts – and the...
“The fastest, coolest kid in the schoolyard”I remember one of the best gifts that my grandmother ever gave me for Christmas. It was a...
Giant sloths, mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) —...
UN Commits to Supporting Syria in Political Transition, Adapting Humanitarian Support
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Museum of Modern Art Set to Launch in Cotonou, Showcase Beninese...
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A piece from Emo de Medeiros’s series Vodunaut in the...
The Land of Immigrants to Deport Thousands of Refugees & Asylum...
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Trump backs new GOP plan to fund government and raise debt...
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump claimed "success" Thursday in coming up with a new plan to fund the government and suspend the debt ceiling...
boon Secures $20.5M in Funding and Launches AI Workflow Platform to...
"Given the crucial nature of logistics, we are...
Blinken announces aid for Sudan and talks about AI risks at...
UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $200 million in humanitarian aid for conflict-torn Sudan during what is likely his final trip...
What Does the End of Assad’s Regime Mean for Syria and...
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The United Nations...
Is Syrian upheaval the first step to a stabler Middle East?
The drama surrounding the collapse of the Assad family’s dynastic dictatorship in Syria has obscured the single most important aspect of Bashar al-Assad’s demise.It...
HIV financial data: A transformative power to ensure sustainability of the...
Progress towards ending AIDS as a public health threat has been strongest in the countries and regions with sufficient investments in their HIV responses,...
World Mission Society Church of God Launches ‘Forest of Hope’ Campaign
The World Mission Society Church of God has announced that on Sunday, 15 December 75 volunteers carried out an impactful carbon reduction activity by...
Transformative Change Will Save a Planet in Peril—IPBES
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With Iran on the decline, a new axis rises in Mideast....
Turkey and Qatar are emerging as brokers and kingmakers in Syria, filling the void left by the collapse of Iranian influence in the pivotal...
A year of plentiful prose: The best books of 2024
FictionJames, by Percival Everett“With my pencil, I wrote myself into being,” asserts James in Percival Everett’s National Book Award-winning novel. This is Jim of “The...
Did Togo Reforms Entrench President Gnassingbé’s Power?
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Togo's President, Faure Gnassingbé ABUJA, Dec 18 2024 (IPS) -...
African Public Transport Struggles To Match Urban Growth
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A congested street in Bulawayo...
SA’s Influencer Economy Is Booming and SARS Is Taking Notice
Digital marketing expenditure in South Africa is set to surpass R500-million this year and is forecasted to exceed R850-million by 2030. Luncedo Mtwentwe, Director...
Israel Continues to Attack Gaza Amid Ceasefire Negotiations
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The General Assembly adopts a...
Biden Admin Confirms Dangers of LNG Exports But Won’t Act to...
Approving more liquefied natural gas exports would raise domestic energy prices, increase the pollution burden placed on local communities, and exacerbate the climate crisis,...
‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Wicked’ advance in Oscars shortlists
The Selena Gomez ballad “Mi Camino,” the Will Ferrell and Harper Steele road trip documentary “Will & Harper” and Trent Reznor and...
The ‘Voltaire of the Arabs’ is beloved in France, but imprisoned...
France has long held up its literary tradition as a space where freedom of expression can thrive. But the Nov. 16 arrest in Algeria...
Access to Education and Water Security Have Become Intertwined
The risk of running out of clean drinking water may have appeared like an extract from an apocalyptic movie. However, this scenario is becoming...
Beyond TV: How Digital Campaigns Build Awareness in a Multi-Screen World
We don't need to do much to convince clients of the value of digital as a medium for tactical, low-funnel marketing campaigns. Yet, we...
A mix of merriment, music and mayhem makes panto a beloved...
LONDON -- Here’s a recipe as essential to Christmas in Britain as turkey, tinsel and mince pies.Mix a fairy-tale plot with topical references, slapstick,...
Why Zimbabweans keep watching their money go up in smoke
On the evening of Oct. 8, a fire tore through Mbare Musika, the largest market in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. The hot yellow flames devoured...
Cruyff Courts Help Tackle Water Crisis
Rhiza Babuyile, a leading South African community development NPO, in collaboration with the Johan Cruyff Foundation, have announced the unveiling of two Cruyff Courts...
A Most Heinous -Yet Unprosecuted- Crime: Inequality
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"Without concerted efforts, billions face a future marked by...
Interlinked Solutions Key to Tackling Biodiversity, Water, Food, Health and Climate...
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America’s Climate Carousel
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Oxfam activists wearing masks of...
UNCCD COP16 Spotlights Drought But Fails to Agree on a Legally...
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Nigerian Crypto Romance Scam: Nearly 800 Culprits Arrested
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The significant crackdown on the Nigerian Crypto Romance scam includes 800 individuals from multiple nationalities.
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) exposed the...
Thousands Feared Dead in Impoverished French Territory of Mayotte After Cyclone...
Undocumented migrants living in informal settlements in the French territory of Mayotte were among those whose lives and livelihoods were most devastated by Cyclone...
How an African Bioeconomy Can Strengthen Agrifood Systems in the Context...
Africa, Biodiversity, Climate Action, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Food Sustainability, Headlines, Natural...
Congressional Report Warns of Climate Threat to US Insurance, Housing Markets
After at least two dozen U.S. disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion during a year that is on track to be the hottest on...
Move over, Vikings. Sweden’s new seafaring heroes are knitting grannies.
Two hundred years ago, the Swedish island of Gotland was known for its abundant wool and talented craftswomen. Knitters, known as “sweater dears,” sailed...
Floods are battering South Sudan. This aid worker helps villagers plan...
Devastating flooding – the South Sudan region’s worst in 60 years – has been forecast through at least December, and tiny Panpandiar sits in...
UN Funding Uncertainty Threatens Rights Investigations
United Nations member countries should take urgent steps to end the UN’s financial troubles, which are hindering human rights investigations in Ukraine, Sudan, Haiti,...
Bridging the Gap in Africa’s Surgical Care Crisis
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COSECSA trained surgeons prepare young boy for surgical...
Camps of Death, Terror: Syrian Survivors Face Long Road To Recovery
Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Democracy, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, Middle East & North Africa, Peace,...
Sudan: Fighters Rape Women and Girls, Hold Sex Slaves
Rapid Support Forces fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan’s South Kordofan...
South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move...
The revolving door of Africa’s displacement crises
Nyibol Mathiang Deng, 27, and her child receive energy biscuits from aid workers after arriving at the South Sudan border point in Majok Yinthiou....
Saudi Arabia banned film for 35 years. The Red Sea festival...
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid...
Waves of joy flood Damascus. But an undercurrent of distrust lingers.
A surging crowd pressed up against the high metal gate of a government compound, desperate for clues about disappeared loved ones. Politely but firmly,...
Thari Helps Tackle Violence and Abuse of Children and Women in...
Gender-based violence (GBV) in schools is a silent epidemic undermining the safety, well-being and potential of South Africa's youth. Peter Mahani, Thari Programme Manager:...
Intra-Regional Relations the Key To Sustainable Development in the Horn of...
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The Fall of The Assad Regime: The Rebels’ Prospect for Success...
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People...
Radisson Hotel Group welcomes the first Radisson RED to Thailand with...
Radisson Hotel Group is proud to announce the opening of Radisson RED Phuket Patong Beach, marking the brand's introduction to the country with a...
Greece’s only miniature therapy horses bring joy to many, but their...
ATHENS, Greece -- Slowly, almost imperceptibly at first, a smile spreads across the little girl’s face. Blinking behind her glasses, she inches her wheelchair...
Assad’s fall has rewards for Israel. It’s focused on the risks.
Within hours of Syrian rebels seizing Damascus last weekend, Israeli soldiers crossed into a demilitarized buffer zone between the two countries. Israel described the...
Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern...
A modern version of The Skins Game is returning to Thanksgiving week.Pro Shop, the new golf media company led by “Full Swing” executive producer...
How young Nigerian women in arranged ‘money marriages’ are getting a...
At age 7, Atumoga Rose was abandoned by her parents in the compound of an older man from their Becheve tribal community in southeastern...
GTP and eWASA Partnership Fuels Environmental and Social Transformation in Bellville
The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) and the EPR Waste Association of South Africa NPO (eWASA) have announced a partnership with the aim of driving...
How to Stand Out in a Sea of Influencers
Becoming an influencer isn't just a career goal, it's a dream of turning passion into purpose, creativity into connection and personal stories into global...
Grab your popcorn: Here are the 10 best films of 2024
This year was supposed to be a transitional year for movies. The aftermath of the pandemic, and the Hollywood labor strikes in 2023 that...
US hikes tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and...
BANGKOK -- The Biden administration plans to raise tariffs on solar wafers, polysilicon and some tungsten products from China to protect U.S. clean energy...
The Climate Generation: Our landmark series, one year later
One year after publishing our seven-part series, Monitor reporters Sara Miller Llana and Stephanie Hanes follow up with the activists and adapters, challengers and...
Inaugural Sub-Saharan Africa MMA SMARTIES Winners Announced
The MMA SMARTIES Awards has announced this year's Sub-Saharan Africa winners. With its 2024 themes of Purpose-Driven Marketing, Marketing Impact, Impact Media, Emerging Tech...
Sloom Launches ‘NapBot’ to Help Combat South Africa’s Sleep Crisis
Sloom, South Africa's first and only modular mattress company, has announced that it has launched the 'NapBot' — which could help sleep-deprived South Africans...
Hardest-hit Nigeria is latest African country to provide malaria vaccine to...
BAYELSA, Nigeria -- Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria. So when Nigeria started offering...
When Ousted Leaders Seek Safe Havens to Escape Jail Time &...
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View of Aleppo, December 2024, a city in Syria, which...
Syria: Post-Assad Transition Should Center Human Rights
(Beirut) – The ousting of Bashar al-Assad’s government by armed opposition groups has created a momentous opportunity for Syria to break with decades of...
Benghazi University Gives the Penetron System the Best Grade for Concrete...
After Penetron consulted with Etar al-Tameer, the general...
Mali: Atrocities by the Army and Wagner Group
Mali’s armed forces, supported by the Russia-backed Wagner Group, and Islamist armed groups have committed serious abuses against civilians since the UN peacekeeping mission...
10 Good News Stories for Kids in 2024
At the end of each year, Human Rights Watch likes to take stock of human rights progress for children around the globe. From strengthening...
In Nigeria’s lithium boom, many mines are illegal and children do...
NASARAWA, Nigeria -- Dressed in a faded pink dress, 6-year-old Juliet Samaniya squats under scorching skies to chip at a jagged white rock with...