Understanding Nigeria’s increasing heat levels
A street in Lagos, Nigeria, which experienced an extreme heatwave in April. Image from Pexels. Free to use.By Oluwajomiloju Tooki, Afiyinfoluwa Akinmade and Oluwatosin...
Underfunding Threatens Sahrawi Refugees in Algeria
Africa, Aid, Armed Conflicts, Climate Change, Crime & Justice, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations ...
After Marathon Markup, House GOP Advances ‘Most Extreme Anti-Environment Bill in...
Leading up to and after an early Wednesday morning vote by a key GOP-controlled committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic lawmakers and...
CILTSA Announces Conference to Explore ESG Transformation in Transport, Logistics and...
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport South Africa (CILTSA) has announced its 2025 ESG Conference, under the theme 'Measuring Impact and Managing Change.' The...
Bolt Launches Dash Cam Partnership With Driver Technologies
Bolt has launched a dash cam partnership for driver partners nationwide in South Africa. The offer, provided in partnership with dash cam and safety...
The Love Trust Expands to the Cape Flats
The Love Trust has announced that it is joining hands with Trinity Children's Centre. Trinity Children's Centre is a school in Mitchell's Plain with...
World Press Freedom Day 2025 Call to Protect Elections from AI...
Active Citizens, Civil Society, Democracy, Editors' Choice, Featured, Freedom of Expression, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva...
UN Needs to Protect its Vital, Yet Underfunded, Human Rights Work
Major-power cutbacks and delayed payments amidst conflict and insecurity are testing the very principles and frameworks upon which the international human rights infrastructure was...
Competition for Minerals Should Respect Rights and the Environment
Governments around the world are increasingly competing for so-called critical” minerals. The United States, the European Union, and China have all recently negotiated agreements...
The End of the Dollar Is Nigh
By Shayne Heffernan, May 6, 2025
The U.S. dollar’s grip as the world’s reserve currency is slipping fast, a reality underscored by economic shifts in...
More butterflies and birds: Vulnerable species make gains
Eastern monarch butterflies doubled in populationAccording to a new report, the butterflies occupied 4.42 acres in central Mexico’s forests over the winter, up from...
Met Gala highlights: A tribute to Black fashion, Rihanna’s pregnancy surprise
NEW YORK — Rihanna shut down a rainy Met Gala on Monday in a pinstripe look and a huge hat, her newly announced baby...
This restaurateur never made it past fifth grade. Now she runs...
The fragrance of tea brewing and the earthy aroma of round flatbreads baking fill the air. The busy kitchen rings with the sounds of...
A Premium Is What Africa Pays for Poor Credit Perception
Africa, Aid, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Featured, Financial Crisis, Global Governance, Headlines, Inequality, Population, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Trade &...
Third LDC Future Forum Concludes with Ambitious Plans to Build Resilience...
Civil Society, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Environment, Featured, Global, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
LDC...
Top African Rights Court to Consider States’ Climate Obligations
A coalition of African lawyers and civil society groups has asked the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for an advisory opinion on 55...
Unplugged and Unpredictable: Reinventing the Radio Experience
Around four out of ten marriages end in divorce. Think of some marriages like a long-running radio show. In the beginning, the chemistry is...
Marriott International South African Hotels Launches ‘Sip for a Cause’ Coffee...
Marriott International South African Hotels has announced that through its 'Sip for a Cause' campaign, tied to Earth Hour, it has raised funds to...
Uncertainty Looms for Kenya Following Tense IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings
Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Gender, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
Janet...
A Feminist Future for the UN: Why the Next Secretary-General Must...
Civil Society, Featured, Gender, Gender Identity, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
Jesselina Rana is the...
The Congo Basin, a vital home for global biodiversity is at...
By Grace Kobare
The Congo Basin has the world’s second-largest rainforest, surpassed only by the Amazon Basin. It's a mix of rivers, forests, grasslands, and...
AstraX Exchange Unveils Smart Mobile Suite for Digital Asset Traders
AstraX Exchange introduces a redesigned mobile trading platform featuring biometric login, customizable dashboards, real-time alerts, and advanced execution tools for digital asset investors worldwide.
NEW...
Wiltshire local elections: town and parish council results
As the Wiltshire Times reported yesterday (Friday, May 2) it was a nail-biting finish to the Wiltshire Council elections, with the Conservative Party...
Trump’s ‘Phony Energy Emergency’ Used by DOJ to Target State Climate...
Defenders of climate and the rule of law blasted the Trump administration on Friday for using what one consumer campaigner called a "phony" emergency...
Noteworthy and influential people who’ve died this year
The month of April saw the death of history's first Latin American pope.Known for his embrace of the downtrodden, Pope Francis, who died of...
Why water feuds seldom dissolve accords
Hot disputes between nations over cross-border water have lately spouted like geysers. In January, President Donald Trump said he wanted to end agreements with...
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...
Street Vendors Are Workers – They Should Have Workers’ Rights
From a hot dog vendor in the United States to a girl selling vegetables in the Democratic Republic of Congo to a woman running...
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,...
Signs of repair at town centre butchers ‘infested by rats’
Kenya Halal Butchers, at 26 Bridge Street, was forced to close in March 2024 following an investigation by Swindon Borough Council.
...
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...
Oral histories and now DNA of Picuris Pueblo link their ancestors...
For the first time, a tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral connection to Chaco Canyon, one of...
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...
Concentrix South Africa Expands
Concentrix Corporation has announced its expansion in South Africa, including upgraded site facilities and initiatives that give back to local communities. The company's growth...
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...
Polygon Partners With The Capital Hotels, Apartments and Resorts
Polygon has announced the integration of The Capital Hotels, Apartments and Resorts' digital screen network into its publisher inventory — the first time a...
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,...
Re.Bag.Re.Use Named SABRE Awards Africa Finalist
Re.Bag.Re.Use has been named a finalist in the 2025 SABRE Awards Africa, under the Fashion and Beauty category. The SABRE Awards (Superior Achievement in...
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...
Beyond Retail Media: SA’s Biggest Digital Opportunity Is Hiding in Plain...
You’ve probably heard the term commerce media, but what is it really? Simply put, it's advertising that lets retailers build a media business out...
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,...
Danone Southern Africa Receives B Corp Certification
Danone Southern Africa has received a global B Corp Certification, a first for the FMCG sector in South Africa. Hendrik Born, General Manager at...
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...
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...
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...
Reason behind ‘never-ending’ roadworks set to cause days of traffic
The works, which began on Victoria Road on Tuesday, April 22, came just one week after Wales and West roadworks on the...
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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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...
Kenya embraces refugees as partners
The people of Kenya are bucking a worldwide trend of antimigrant polemics and actions. With the recent launch of a landmark refugee integration initiative,...
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...