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...
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...
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,...
Small Island States Put Faith in International Court’s ‘Wayfinding’ Advisory Opinion
Africa, Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Indigenous Rights, International Justice,...
Solar panels in space show potential for liftoff, despite cost concerns
Putting solar panels in space means you can collect the sun’s rays regardless of the weather, and, proponents say, it can help power remote...
Intra-Regional Relations the Key To Sustainable Development in the Horn of...
Africa, Aid, Development & Aid, Featured, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Middle East & North Africa, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Sustainable Development...
The Fall of The Assad Regime: The Rebels’ Prospect for Success...
Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Middle East & North Africa, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In Supreme Court Briefs, Biden DOJ Sides With Communities Suing Big...
Campaigners and experts on Wednesday welcomed the Biden administration's new briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to intervene in state and local lawsuits...
It’s the Greed, Stupid!
Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Global, Headlines, Inequality, Poverty & SDGs, TerraViva United Nations Food and Agriculture
Human activity has degraded over 70% of...
Once Scattered by Colonialism, Today United in Urgent Pursuit of Climate...
Africa, Armed Conflicts, Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, Migration & Refugees, Small Island Developing...
US-Audiobooks-Top-10
Nonfiction 1. Main Street Millionaire by Codie Sanchez, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio)2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin...
Water Shortages Hit Zimbabwe Towns as Country Struggles To Overcome Impact...
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“Cooling” La Niña conditions...
To What Extent is Bangladesh’s Hindu Population Under Attack?
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Large numbers of Bangladeshi Hindus protested for recognition and protection...
In Zimbabwe, Women Are Leading the Battle Against Climate Change
Africa, Africa Climate Wire, Civil Society, Climate Change, Combating Desertification and Drought, Development & Aid, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition,...
After Juan Soto’s megadeal, could MLB see a $1 billion contract?...
For the second straight Major League Baseball offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing with the...
Pesticide Scorecard Exposes Which Food Retailers Are Failing Bees
A report released Tuesday from the environmental group Friends of the Earth finds that the U.S. food retail sector's use of pesticides on just...
Arctic Tundra Has Turned From ‘Carbon Sink to Carbon Source’ in...
Permafrost in the Arctic has stored carbon dioxide for millennia, but the annual Arctic Report Card released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Extreme Weather Fueled by Climate Crisis Cost Insurers $600 Billion
A report out Tuesday shows that the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency accounts for an estimated $600 billion of global insured weather losses over a...
This Year Saw Most of the World Repressed – but in...
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No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest,...
‘People Power Works’: Shell Backs Down in Anti-Protest Lawsuit Against Greenpeace
The United Kingdom-based oil giant Shell agreed Tuesday to settle a major lawsuit the company brought against Greenpeace after activists from the group boarded...
Pacific Community Calls Out Urgency of Climate Loss and Damage Finance...
Asia-Pacific, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Conferences, COP29, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, PACIFIC COMMUNITY, Pacific...
South Africa’s Simba Chips Powered by Penetron Anti-Microbial Concrete Protection from...
Penetron was the preferred concrete waterproofing and protection...
MultiChoice Talent Factory nurtures next-gen African filmmakers
Three MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) academies across Africa have celebrated the graduation of another group of film and TV professionals. This new cohort of...
‘For the Human Race, Ignoring the Climate Emergency Is No Longer...
Asia-Pacific, Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Change Justice, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, PACIFIC COMMUNITY, Pacific Community Climate Wire, Small Island Developing...
Poland: Brutal Pushbacks at Belarus Border
Polish law enforcement is unlawfully, and sometimes violently, forcing people trying to enter the country back to Belarus without considering their protection needs.Poland’s inhumane and illegal pushbacks...
Is the CFP bracket fair? Here are some tweaks that would...
The committee that chose the 12 contenders for college football's national title was only worried about one thing — ranking the teams.Where those teams...
Green, Indigenous Groups Warns Arctic Still at Grave Drilling Risk When...
Wildlife protection groups and Indigenous leaders in Alaska said Monday that they would push to discourage bidding in an oil and gas lease sale...
What next for leaderless Syria, once the Mideast’s hub?
The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria is the Middle East equivalent of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It left the region’s...
Syria: Between “Collective Failure” and “World War III”
Armed Conflicts, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations Armed Conflicts
Kurds celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Qamishlo, the main city in...
How a revered starchy side dish helped choose Ghana’s next president
Want to understand why opposition candidate John Mahama was elected president of Ghana this weekend?Look no further than the country’s favorite food, a fermented...
2024 Still on Track to Be First Full Year That Breached...
Data from the first 11 months of 2024 reaffirmed that the globe is set to pass a grim mile stone this year, according to...
Hyprop Wraps Up Another Year of Partnering With the Santa Shoebox...
Hyprop has celebrated another year of partnership with the Santa Shoebox Project. Throughout 2024, Hyprop's eight malls have donated a total of 74 751...
Plastics, Power, and Politics: The High-Stakes Fight for a Global Treaty
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Local people from Watamu, Kenya, work with Local...
Morocco produces Africa’s first mpox tests as the continent tries to...
TAMESNA, Morocco -- After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent on...
First 12-team CFP set: Oregon seeded No. 1, SMU edges Alabama...
The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative.Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever...
How farming is transforming lives for South Africa’s deaf population
At the Westonaria agricultural park near Bekkersdal, east of Johannesburg, farm workers are busy tilling the soil and planting tomatoes and lettuce. Despite the...
Feminist literature under fire: The ‘Cometierra’ controversy in Argentina
Collage with the cover of the novel “Cometierra,” by Dolores Reyes. Image created with Canva by Global Voices.At the beginning of November, Argentine feminist...
‘Dirty and Dumb!’ Trump May Cancel Contracts to Electrify USPS Fleet
As part of President-elect Donald Trump's mission to roll back the Biden administration's climate policies, the Republican may cancel contracts to electrify the U.S....
Trump offers a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his...
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump offered a public show of support Friday for Pete Hegseth, his choice to lead the Defense Department, whose confirmation by...
In Pictures: Old Town Christmas Festival 2024
The Old Town Christmas Festival had been rescheduled from Sunday, November 24 to Sunday, December 1 following flooding during Storm Bert and...
China’s ban on key high-tech materials could have broad impact on...
BANGKOK -- China has banned exports of key materials used to make a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles, radar systems and...
UNCCD COP16 Raises Hopes for Ambitious Global Land Action
Combating Desertification and Drought, Conferences, Conservation, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Gender, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees,...
Climate Finance Not Charity, But Obligation, International Court of Justice hears
Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Climate Change Justice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Least Developed Countries, Middle East & North Africa, Pacific Community...
Meet the Banks and Investors Funding the LNG ‘Carbon Bomb’
Liquefied natural gas developers have expansion plans that could release 10 additional metric gigatons of climate pollution by 2030, and major banks and investors...
Biden Administration Takes ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Climate Position at ICJ
The Biden administration faced backlash from scientists, advocacy groups, and vulnerable Pacific islands on Wednesday for arguing before the United Nations' highest court that...
In Malawi, sex and mental health can be taboo topics. Not...
The weekly radio show “Spot On: Kalikonse Tikadziwe” takes on topics that are taboo in the village of Undi and throughout Malawian society. Today’s...
Japan’s famous sake joins UNESCO’s cultural heritage list, a boost to...
LUQUE, Paraguay -- Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It's brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savored in the country’s pub-like izakayas,...
Conservation Agriculture Transforming Farming in Southern Africa
Africa, Climate Action, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations | Analysis Food and Agriculture ...
North Carolina Town Sues Utility Giant Over ‘Decades of Deception’ on...
The town of Carrboro, North Carolina filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the utility company Duke Energy of carrying out a "knowing deception campaign concerning...
Where Nazis first won office, Germans are voting for right-wing extremists
Just down a thickly forested road from the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial here in the historic city of Weimar, a young mother wrangling her...
‘Right Thing to Do’: FERC Delays Controversial LNG Export Terminal
Frontline communities along the Gulf Coast were granted a "temporary reprieve" last week when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission moved to pause its approval...
TikTok Ad Awards Announces 2024 South African Winners
The inaugural TikTok Ad Awards 2024 ceremony has taken place in Dubai, at Upside. The event has celebrated standout brands and agencies across the...
How an App Transformed Farming for Rural Tanzanian Women
Active Citizens, Africa, Artificial Intelligence, Civil Society, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Green Economy, Headlines, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals,...
Update on contested plan to open pharmacy in ‘much-needed’ location
Priesh Patel and his family have spent the last few months trying to set up a healthcare hub inside the High Street...
African news, analysis and opinion
On paper, Senegal has the resources to support its ambition to become the African continent’s next economic powerhouse, with its population, oil windfall and...
Absa Renews Sponsorship of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY SERIES
Absa has renewed its commitment as title sponsor of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY SERIES, a partnership that began in 2021 during the Covid-19...
Focus on Africa: IPBES Plenary Session Makes Inaugural Visit to Biodiverse...
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Springbok in Sossusvlei, Namibia. IPBES 11...
Ugandan Disability Rights Mental Health Advocate Honored
(New York) – Benon Kabale, a Ugandan disability rights advocate, is the 2024 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership...
‘The People Always Pay’: Report Details How LNG Tax Breaks Harm...
How do local communities lose out when governments invest in fossil fuel facilities instead of community needs? That's the question at the heart of...
Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Beaten in Cameroon
On November 27, gendarmes in Cameroon arrested and severely beat prominent human rights lawyer Richard Tamfu in the country’s largest city, Douala. The vicious...
Small Island States Urge International Court to Look Beyond Climate Treaties
Caribbean Climate Wire, Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, Least...