SAMCT Supports Mustadafin Foundation
Mustadafin Foundation has announced that thousands more vulnerable children and families will now receive meals thanks to a new delivery truck donated by the...
World Press Freedom Day 2025: The impact of AI on media...
This year, World Press Freedom Day, on 3 May, will focus on the profound influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on journalism and media under...
Mastercard Foundation Partners With UNHCR
The Mastercard Foundation has announced a USD$300-million partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, that will enable more than half a million refugees and...
Humanitarian Aid is Stretched Following Surges in Violence in Sudan
Africa, Aid, Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations
The United Nations Security Council...
Press Freedom Is Being Buried but How Many Really Know or...
Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Press Freedom, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
World Press Freedom Day 2025
NEW YORK, May 2 2025...
As Washington abdicates leadership role, world seeks new way forward
If there were job ads inviting nation states to apply for work, it is not hard to guess which post would top the world’s...
Dr. Amit Patel, Founder and CEO of Summit Spine and Joint...
Dr. Patel brings his invaluable experience scaling Summit to Fulcrum and will help source, evaluate, and support healthcare investments as they grow.
ATLANTA, May 1,...
Three novels strike at the heart of devastating legacies
The old adage aside, you can judge these books by their covers. For those interested in boundary-pushing works of literature from all over the...
With ‘Green Islam,’ climate action is a religious duty – and...
The school bell, a gong, is struck at 3 p.m. as a thunderstorm rumbles and the call to Asr, the late afternoon Muslim prayer,...
Jordan wants to avoid proxy war. Banning the Muslim Brotherhood just...
As its neighbors in the Middle East have been plunged into regional conflict, Jordan has stood as a rare, neutral stronghold of peace, resisting...
How Louisiana Advocates Are Continuing to Fight the Trump-Backed LNG Boom
Louisiana advocates and their allies are not giving up in their fight to stop the liquefied natural gas buildout that threatens the health and...
Rebels took eastern Congo’s largest city. Now they must run it.
It had been a while since Corneille Nangaa had an office job. The former Congolese civil servant spent much of the last two years...
World Immunization Week Highlights the Urgency of Global Vaccine Access
Armed Conflicts, Climate Change, Economy & Trade, Financial Crisis, Global, Headlines, Health, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations
A healthcare worker vaccinates...
The Psychology of Influence
What makes one voice rise above the noise in the digisphere? In an age where anyone with a smartphone and an idea can become...
Afrika Tikkun Highlights Disability Inclusion for Freedom Day
In honour of Freedom Day on Sunday, 27 April, Afrika Tikkun has reflected on its year of achievements in disability inclusion, while announcing plans...
Sights Set on Highest Ambition as World Rows Through Toughest Ocean...
Africa, Asia-Pacific, Biodiversity, Civil Society, Climate Action, Climate Change, Conferences, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Headlines, PACIFIC COMMUNITY, Pacific Community Climate Wire,...
NEWBERRY TANKS WINS DOUBLE GOLD AT 2025 AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS®
Newberry Tanks & Equipment, LLC, wins top accolades from the 2025 American...
Economic Community of West African States: Fifty and Fractured
Africa, Democracy, Economy & Trade, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
LAGOS, Nigeria, Apr 30 2025...
Another ‘Bridge Man’ in China Forcibly Disappeared
On April 15, 27-year-old Mei Shilin (梅世林) put up three banners on an overpass outside Chengdu’s Chadianzi Metro Station in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. The...
Why Business Development Is Every Agency’s Secret Weapon
In the world of advertising and marketing, it's easy to overlook one of the most vital engines driving agency growth — the new business...
Reclaiming language as an act of restoration
Many years ago, while living in South Africa, I watched a brief exchange that taught me something about the importance of language. A white...
Tanzania’s Women Miners Digging for Equality in a Male-Dominated Industry
Active Citizens, Africa, Civil Society, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Featured, Gender, Headlines, Human Rights, Inequality, Population, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals,...
HOT 102.7FM Named Fastest-Growing Media Company in South Africa
HOT 102.7FM has been named the Fastest-Growing Media Company in South Africa and secured a place among the top five fastest-growing companies in the...
Would You Like to Be Able to Shop from Beyond the...
In a bizarre twist of commerce, post-death consumerism has been identified as an emerging retail trend. Before you knock it, take note: 51% of...
Floods and Droughts are Two Sides of the Same Crisis
Africa, Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Natural Resources, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
A bone-dry part of...
Jordan: Informal Camp Residents Displaced
(Amman) – Jordanian authorities have forcibly evicted and demolished homes and shops in an informal Palestinian refugee camp in Amman without adequate consultation, notice, compensation...
Greenberg Traurig Represents Seesaw on MENA-based Edtech Startup Little Thinking Minds...
A cross-border multidisciplinary team from global law firm Greenberg Traurig acted as counsel to Seesaw on its acquisition of Middle East and North Africa...
Germany’s Role in International Security: Time to Match Words with Deeds
Armed Conflicts, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Peace, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
As global conflicts rise & UN peace missions...
4 fresh recipes that go heavy on spring produce
Is there anything more soul-lifting than staring down a big pile of spring leaf lettuce, and imaging all the different things you can do...
Hera Women’s Health Appoints Dr. Andy Wagner as Chief Executive Officer
"We are thrilled to welcome Andy as Hera's...
In the Dock: Woman steals £25,000 and goes on spending spree
Swindon: Sam Hassan, 21, of Ash Grove, Pinehurst, has been sentenced for serious drug charges.
On Sunday, October 6, 2024, Hassan was...
Tech industry tried reducing AI’s pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- After retreating from their workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs, tech companies could now face a second reckoning over their DEI...
More changes to Honda site and new hotel ownership among...
The following are planning applications sent to Swindon Borough Council this week
Westlea: The Campanile Hotel in the Delta Business Park...
African Giving Practices: Understanding a Tradition of Generosity and Community Support
Development & Aid, Headlines, Human Rights, Inequality, Poverty & SDGs Opinion
African giving practices are an integral part of the continent’s rich cultural tapestry. They...
FNB Partners With South Africans to Build a More Water-Secure Future
Earth Day is a timely reminder of the environmental challenges we face, and one of the most pressing is water. Water is under pressure...
GARVEE.com Consumer Report Reveals Washable Rugs Top Consumer Preferences In Rug...
GARVEE.com Consumer Report Reveals Washable Rugs Top Consumer Preferences In Rug Materials And Designs For Spring 2025
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Reclaiming Equity: Why G20 Must Center Women, Children & Adolescents in...
Development & Aid, Featured, Global, Headlines, Health, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
Parents and caregivers line up with...
US Plans at Restructuring May Include World Bank, IMF & UN...
Democracy, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, North America, TerraViva United Nations
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 25 2025 (IPS)...
Climate TRACE Releases February 2025 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data
Global greenhouse gas emissions for the month of February 2025 totaled 5.04 billion tonnes CO2e. For all updates to Climate TRACE country-, state-, city-,...
Trump Signs Executive Order to Advance ‘Deeply Dangerous’ Deep-Sea Mining
Amid global calls for a ban on deep-sea mining to protect marine ecosystems, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to...
Pope Francis focused on ‘this world.’ He angered some, and inspired...
Beatriz Sanabria was on her way to a Buenos Aires soup kitchen when she saw the words painted under a highway overpass in a...
Girls’ Education Bridges the Digital Divide
Education, Education Cannot Wait. Future of Education is here, Gender, Global, Human Rights
International Girls in Information & Communication Technologies Day Statement by Education...
Royal Coffee Opens New Sourcing & Logistics Office in Addis Ababa,...
"Ethiopia is one of the most important and...
Study Estimates Fossil Fuel Giants Have Inflicted $28 Trillion in Climate...
As planetary heating has fueled increasingly damaging hurricanes, wildfires, and dangerous heatwaves, fossil fuel giants have long been shielded by plausible deniability: Despite scientists'...
Financing for Whom? The Financing for Development Summit Must Address Social...
Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Education, Financial Crisis, Gender, Global, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Inequality, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
NEW YORK, Apr 24 2025...
FoodForward South Africa Highlights Food Banking for Earth Day
This Earth Day, FoodForward South Africa (FFSA) has highlighted the crucial role that surplus food recovery plays in combating this often-ignored driver of global...
‘An Attempt to Silence the Public’s Voice’: Trump Moves to Accelerate...
The Trump administration announced late Wednesday that it is moving to implement new permitting procedures designed to speed up reviews and approvals of oil...
UN Warns of an Imminent Collapse in Haiti
Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Economy & Trade, Gender Violence, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Latin America & the Caribbean, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United...
A Nation Bleeds While the World Watches: The Tragedy in Sudan...
Africa, Armed Conflicts, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
View of destruction at...
African Countries Still Underfunding Health by as Much as 50 Percent
Africa, Aid, Civil Society, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Financial Crisis, Gender, Health, Humanitarian Emergencies, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Women's Health Health ...
In postwar Ethiopia, a stand on higher ground
Nations prone to split over ethnic or religious divides often find ways to bond by embracing a higher civic identity. Ethiopia just set a...
This Ghanaian software engineer is working to raise women’s financial literacy
Photo of Gideon Kombian. Provided by Gideon Kombian, used with permission.Harvard College predicts that technology will shape the future of money, with trends like...
‘We Need Urgent Global Action’: Study Warns Humanity on Path to...
Scientists on Wednesday
released yet another study warning that humankind is at risk of triggering various climate "tipping points" absent urgent action to dramatically...
Fossil Fuels Blamed as 84% of World’s Coral Reefs Hit by...
A year after scientists warned the world was seeing its fourth mass coral bleaching event, rising ocean temperatures fueled by greenhouse gas emissions have...
The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not.
When a woman comes to Jeanne Nacatche Banyere after being raped, “Maman Jeanne” doesn’t start by asking about what happened. Instead, she draws the...
Australia 2025 Election Questionnaire
Below is a question-by-question compilation of responses by the Australian Labor Party (ALP), the Liberal National Coalition and the Australian Greens. The Liberal National...
Music-lovers rejoice as festival returns with ‘battle of the bands’
The decade-spanning 'Festival on the Farm' is offering the amazing opportunity for local, original bands to battle it out for a centre...
Good Hope FM Hosts Meet and Greet
Good Hope FM has held a Meet and Greet event on Wednesday, 16 April at Cattle Baron, Riverlands Mall in Observatory. The afternoon was...
Nearly Half of Americans Breathe Unsafe Air. Trump’s Climate Rampage Is...
U.S. President Donald Trump pledged following his 2024 election victory to deliver the "cleanest air" on the planet, but a report published Wednesday warns...
Global coral bleaching has now hit 84% of ocean’s reefs in...
Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in...
Climate Groups Report 2025 Is Unlikely To Be Hotter Than 2024
Climate Action, Climate Change, Combating Desertification and Drought, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Global, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations
A...
As cities fight to retain ‘sanctuary’ status, some immigrants question the...
Chelsea, Massachusetts, a municipality just outside Boston, calls itself a “sanctuary city,” meaning it limits cooperation with federal immigration authorities.But now, the Trump administration’s...
Google Releases 2024 Ads Safety Report
Google has released its 2024 Ads Safety Report, showing how advanced artificial intelligence is transforming the fight against bad ads, scams and misinformation online....
Dialysis patients struggle to get treatment in blockaded Gaza. Officials say...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Twice a week, Mohamed Attiya’s wheelchair rattles over Gaza’s scarred roads so he can visit the machine that is...
US Considering Nuclear Power for Saudi Arabia in Grand Bargain
Armed Conflicts, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Middle East & North Africa, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva...
Lebanon: Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Civilians
Two unlawful Israeli strikes on the northeastern Lebanese town of Younine between September and November 2024 were apparent indiscriminate attacks on civilians.More and more...
Nearly 50 UM employees laid off following loss of funding for...
The University of Montana laid off 47 employees after money for a program previously funded by the Department of Defense wasn’t included in Congress’...
Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department by reducing...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the...
‘Sick’: Trump Marks Earth Day With Layoff Notice for Hundreds of...
As defenders of the planet marked Earth Day with pledges to fight the destructive agenda of U.S. President Donald Trump, some green groups on...
On Earth Day, Dems Push Bills to Ban Offshore Drilling ‘Once...
On Tuesday, to coincide with Earth Day, multiple Democratic senators renewed their effort to pass bills to protect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans from...
How to reuse exhaust from jets and store energy in sand
A Texas airport is harnessing the wind power of jets at takeoffThe American company JetWind Power uses giant turbines to capture forceful air from...
Pratesi Continues Its Retail Expansion With A New Store In Boston...
"Our new store on Newbury Street is designed...
SA’s PR agencies show their excellence in Sabre Awards Africa 2025...
The Sabre Awards Africa finalists have been announced, with local agency, Flow Communications, announced as the outright winner in the industry sectors: associations category...
How Science Solutions Are Saving Africa’s Livestock and Livelihoods
Africa, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Food Sustainability, Food Systems, Global, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva...