Old Town’s newest Nepalese restaurant opens
Momo King on Devizes Road in Old Town started welcoming in customers for a trial period in January 2025, but has now formally opened...
What is being done to improve run-down area of Swindon town...
The neighbouring Bridge Street and Fleet Street are the homes of several closed and run-down businesses, as well as several gambling outlets...
Kenyan troops gave Haitians hope for security. Have they delivered?
At the Champ de Mars plaza in the heart of Haiti’s capital, law student Seme Rockens sits alone on a bench.For the past three...
Adnan Syed to stay free after judge decides on time served...
BALTIMORE — Adnan Syed, whose case amassed a worldwide following of "Serial" podcast listeners, will remain free even though his murder conviction still stands,...
‘Catastrophic and Saddening’: Research Shows US Butterfly Population Dropped 22% in...
A landmark study released Thursday in the journal Science found that the number of butterflies in the United States declined dramatically between 2000 and...
‘Grim News for the Planet’ as Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record...
European Union officials said the Copernicus Climate Change Service had issued its latest "stark reminder of why climate action is urgent" when the bloc's...
UpEnergy issues Africa’s first-ever electric cooking carbon credits under Gold Standard’s...
"At UpEnergy, quality and transparency are the cornerstones...
Rebels with a robot: ‘Rule Breakers’ celebrates Afghan girls who dared...
In 2017, several Afghan girls tried to travel to the U.S. to participate in a robotics competition. It became headline news. An exuberant new...
International Women’s Day, 2025In Zanzibar, Women Turn the Tide with Sponge...
Active Citizens, Africa, Civil Society, Cooperatives, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Gender, Headlines, Human Rights, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva...
USAID: The Deep State’s Bank—Unveiling Its Operational Arms and Their Ties
By Shayne Heffernan, KnightsbridgeMarch 4, 2025
Let’s assume the unthinkable: the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is the deep state’s financial engine, a shadowy...
David Beckham takes his four dogs for a walk near Cotswolds...
He and his wife, Victoria Beckham, have resided in their home close to Chipping Norton for several years now, often being spotted...
International Women’s Day, 2025New Report Finds Sexist Laws Persist Worldwide
Democracy, Editors' Choice, Featured, Gender, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
S.Mona Sinha, Equality Now,...
Australia’s summer weather extremes bring wide-ranging natural emergencies
Far North Queensland highway bridge collapse. Screenshot from 9 News Australia video: “Prime Minister heads to flood emergency zones”. February 6, 2025.Australia is facing...
Greenberg Traurig Strengthens London and Middle East Finance Practice with Key...
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its London and Middle East Finance Practice with the strategic addition of Kevin-Paul Deveau, who joins...
Ignition Group and The LEARN Project Partner for International Book Giving...
Ignition Group and The LEARN Project have joined forces to bring the love of books and reading to the fore to mark International Book...
Tanzanian Speaker Calls for Urgent Investment in Youth to Harness Demographic...
Africa, Conferences, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, Population, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Youth Population
Tulia Akson, Tanzanian Parliament Speaker and President...
The Mark Awards Announces Strategy Category Jury and Sponsor
The Mark Awards has announced its jury and category sponsor for the Strategy category. The Mark Awards is a new platform dedicated to recognising...
South Africa: Protect Civilians from Use of Explosive Weapons
(Johannesburg, March 3, 2025) – South Africa and other countries that have not yet done so should endorse a widely adopted political commitment aimed...
Deserts and dollars: Where news gathering, and fossils, need support
Local news mapping clarifies where Americans get informationResearchers are creating interactive maps where news outlets are thriving, as well as where coverage is missing.At...
Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. Last year, a spacecraft built...
A new cookbook ties healthy eating to good sleep
Anyone who has ever suffered in bed after eating three slices of pizza could surmise there is some relationship between food and sleep quality.For...
This Mardi Gras gumbo comes from a new cookbook linking healthy...
This recipe from “Eat Better, Sleep Better” was developed by Marie-Pierre St-Onge, the director of Columbia University’s Center of Excellence for Sleep and Circadian...
Women of Global Change: From Shoes to Scholarships, How Our Global...
"Together, we can create a world where every...
Trump Links Gaza
Armed Conflicts, Democracy, Headlines, North America Opinion
The Holy Bible, Trump Edition: "They shall beat their swords into nine irons." Credit: Shutterstock.SEATTLE, USA, Feb 28...
‘When Big Oil Says Jump, Republicans Ask How High?’ GOP Sends...
Climate advocates are blasting congressional Republicans this week for their latest gift to fossil fuel industry: sending a resolution to kill the federal Methane...
Why rich oil reserves are a mixed blessing for Ugandans
Growing up in a fishing community on the cerulean shores of Uganda’s Lake Albert, Julius Tumwine listened to adults around him speak of oil...
SAFCEI Launches ‘Verified Cage-Free’ Campaign
The South African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI) has launched a new campaign that is empowering consumers to make more ethical food choices while...
Trump has reduced US safeguards against corruption and white-collar crime
As the Trump administration signals its intention to crack down on certain crimes, it’s also signaling a major ambivalence toward others.Criminal prosecutions of white-collar...
Glencore Empowers Girls’ Education by Donating Sanitary Towels
Glencore Coal has spearheaded the Khululeka Sanitary Towel Programme — an initiative dedicated to giving young girls the confidence and security to manage their...
‘I didn’t know I needed it.’ Why neighborhoods rally to save...
A man sitting two seats away from me at the West Newton Cinema is sobbing, again.His long gray beard flows in convulsing waves to...
African Leaders Challenged To Unite Against Energy Transition Mineral Oppressors
Active Citizens, Africa, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Climate Change, COP28, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Labour, Natural...
Ignoring ‘Science and the Law,’ Trump EPA Readies Chainsaw for Key...
Climate advocates said Wednesday that the Trump administration will be abdicating its "clear legal duty to curb climate-changing pollution" if it moves forward with...
EU Accused of ‘Bowing to Pressure’ From Trump With Plan to...
On Wednesday, the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, unveiled its Affordable Energy Action Plan, a list of actions ostensibly aimed...
Excellerate Brand Management Wins at the 2024 Footprint Awards
Excellerate Brand Management (EBM) has claimed multiple accolades at the 2024 Footprint Awards presented by the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC). This...
Wildfire Burning on Table Mountain Moves Toward Cape Town
Firefighters in Cape Town on Wednesday were battling a wildfire that broke out in Table Mountain National Park and spread overnight toward the city,...
How AI Can Help Both Tax Collectors and Taxpayers
Artificial Intelligence, Development & Aid, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
Credit: Cynthia R Matonhodze/IMF PhotoWASHINGTON...
Sudan: Armed Group Allied to the Military Attacks Village
The Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group that fights alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces, intentionally targeted civilians and their property in an attack on...
Farmers Sue Trump USDA Over Deletion of ‘Vital’ Climate Information
Climate defenders and farmers sued the Trump administration in federal court on Monday over "the U.S. Department of Agriculture's unlawful purge of climate-related policies,...
Civil Society at the Finance in Common Summit Calls for Community-led,...
Civil Society, Climate Action, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, Food and Agriculture, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Inequality, Sustainability, TerraViva United...
Man who has visited 5,000 pubs gives local boozers top reviews
Dale Harvey and his partner Holly Booth set out on the mission around three years ago to celebrate and support local pubs as part...
Swindon’s most affordable streets for 2024 revealed
Property prices have grown by 3.4 per cent in the last year, with the average house price in Swindon rising by £8,900, according to...
Overdue Accountability in Democratic Republic of Congo
Until now, the international response to the rapidly escalating crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has committed a...
Swindon Planning: Developers of flats in town centre get short shrift
Town Centre: Abode Time Lt’s proposal to turn Trinity Hall, at the bottom of Victoria Road at the junction with Clarence Street...
Full Court Press: Montana high school basketball highlights (Feb. 22)
Editor's Note: To have games included here, submit scores and scoring details to 406mtsports.myteamscoop.com. The Full Court Press is updated as we receive results.• Helena...
Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition
ROME — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis while being treated for pneumonia and a...
From the Tigris and Euphrates to the Nile: WANA’s unresolved water...
View of the Euphrates River in Turkey in 1994 with the recently completed Ataturk Dam and resultant reservoir. Picture uploaded to Flickr by NASA...
In First Major Climate Challenge to Trump 2.0, Groups Work to...
Climate advocates are expressing confidence as they file the first major environmental legal challenges to U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, with the legal group...
Humanitarian Groups Face Challenges in Reaching the Sudanese Displaced Population
Africa, Aid, Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Food and Agriculture, Gender Violence, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations ...
How Tanzania’s Farmers, Pastoralists Paid the Price for a World Bank...
Africa, Aid, Biodiversity, Conservation, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food Security and Nutrition, Headlines, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Natural...
US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as...
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and tuberculosis. With...
Swindon organisation appoints new chief executive
With almost 20 years of experience in the education sector, Ms Dilly has led national programmes for organisations such as the National...
What’s next for the Gaza ceasefire? Netanyahu pressed from all sides.
Phase Two of the ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza is confronting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an impossible puzzle.Under immense pressure from U.S. President...
Study Shows Glaciers Have Lost ‘3 Olympic Swimming Pools Per Second’...
An international science project on Wednesday published a study in the journal Nature showing that glaciers have lost an average of 273 billion metric...
The Arab States Must Stop Trump– and Netanyahu– in Their Tracks
Armed Conflicts, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Middle East & North Africa, TerraViva United...
Trump’s foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in...
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Florence Makumene held a plastic container of HIV medication and wondered if it would be her last as fears swelled of...
Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema, dies
Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died at age 84BAMAKO, Mali -- Malian filmmaker...
Trump Moves to Fast-Track 100+ Dirty Fossil Fuel Permits Under ‘Fake’...
With more than 100 permits for oil pipeline projects and gas-fired power plants likely to be fast-tracked under U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called...
Burundi: Climate change makes rainy season a public danger in urban...
Flooding in Gatumba (western Burundi). Screenshot from the video “Burundi: Severe Flooding” on the Tv5monde Info YouTube Channel. Fair use.This article was published as...
Trump’s War on Global Governance: Lessons from the Past on How...
Civil Society, Democracy, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, International Justice, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
Daniel D. Bradlow is...
Jet-Skis in Rwanda. Bodies Ashore in Congo.
On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride jet-skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset. On the...
Wiltshire school celebrates record number of Duke of Edinburgh awards
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy has seen a busy year with students hiking, voyaging, and traipsing through woods and hills to achieve their...
As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about...
TEL AVIV, Israel -- U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and...
Fibon and Bathroom Bizarre Collaborate for Energy Independence and Cost Efficiency
Fibon has collaborated with the Bathroom Bizarre Group to take steps towards energy independence and cost efficiency. Thanks to an end-to-end solar energy solution...
The idea of a US vs. World matchup in the NBA...
SAN FRANCISCO — Victor Wembanyama has already gone up against the U.S. in international events, most notably last year's Paris Olympics when he led...
Old Khaki and The Street Store Partner for Awareness on Fashion...
Old Khaki and The Street Store have announced a partnership on an initiative called 'Last season is so this season'. This initiative aims to...
Drink driving carer caught in petrol station could face deportation
Neville Booy, 31, of Purley Avenue, Park South, pleaded guilty at Swindon Magistrates' Court on February 12.
Mr Ballinger explained that...
Lebanon: Destruction of Infrastructure Preventing Returns
Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon destroyed vast swathes of critical civilian infrastructure and public services, preventing tens of thousands of Lebanese from returning to...
From Samburu to China: Women as key custodians and perpetrators of...
A group of Samburu women at a capacity building meeting on sandalwood conservation, Photo by Carroll Omuom, used with permission.By Linda Ngari with support...
Income grows in Africa, and solar power soars in Pakistan
Average incomes have more than doubled in nine African countries since 1990Though most African countries saw economic growth after gaining independence, extreme poverty remains...
The new ‘Captain America’ explores a different kind of patriotism
Thanks to my dad’s influence, my childhood was filled with an assortment of Black superheroes, both real and imaginary. There were the obvious ones,...
DR Congo: M23 Drives Displaced People From Goma Camps
(Nairobi) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma in eastern Democratic Republic...
Mali: AU Action Needed To End Crackdown on Opposition, Dissent
(Nairobi) – The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights should take urgent action to stop the Malian junta’s crackdown on the political opposition...
From Recovery to Resilience: Transforming Tourism for a Sustainable Future
Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
Tourism makes up about...
A crisis unfolding: hard-won progress in Ethiopia’s HIV response at risk
Ethiopia has made significant progress in its HIV response in recent years and is on track to reach the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets with 90%...