A top Islamic State militant was killed in a US special forces raid in Somalia, the Pentagon said, claiming a “successful” mission Read Full Article at RT.com
Israel has launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, calling the operation a response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave Read Full Article at RT.com
If the new US House speaker follows Nancy Pelosi’s example, Beijing must carefully measure its reaction Read Full Article at RT.com
ROME, Jan 26 (IPS) - In a wiser world, the term ‘treating someone like dirt’ would be a good thing. After all, 15 of the 18 nutrients essential to plants are supplied by soils and around 95% of the food we eat comes directly or indirectly from them, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
So dirt is actually a precious resource that deserves to be treated with respect, care and perhaps even a little love.
Read the full story, “As the Climate Crisis Bites, Soil Needs Doctors Too”, on globalissues.org →
MINDELO, Cabo Verde, Jan 26 (IPS) - On 20 January, the world’s best sailors arrived in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, completing the initial leg of the 2023 edition of The Ocean Race. Coinciding with this stop was the launch of Cabo Verde’s first blue bond at the Ocean Summit, an event jointly organized by The Ocean Race and the Government of Cabo Verde on the sidelines of the grueling round-the-world race. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in attendance as this year’s keynote speaker.
Read the full story, “Cabo Verde Hoists the Blue Flag”, on globalissues.org →
This year, the theme of the UN Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked on Friday, is “home and belonging”, two concepts that were systematically ripped away from Jewish citizens, once the Nazi Party took control of Germany in 1933.
Read the full story, “Home, belonging, and the Holocaust”, on globalissues.org →
The court order closing down Russia’s oldest human rights organization, the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), is “yet another blow to human rights and civic space in the country”, said a Spokesperson for the UN rights office, OHCHR on Thursday.
While describing maintaining peace as core to the UN – it's very reason for being - Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned the Security Council on Thursday that it was a mission now “under grave threat.”
The top UN official for the Middle East peace process, said on Thursday he was “deeply alarmed and saddened” at the continuing cycle of violence in the occupied West Bank, after nine Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid.