Opinion by Joey Shea Tuesday, July 09, 2024 Inter Press Service Joey Shea is the UAE researcher at Human Rights Watch. Jul 09 (IPS) – At least 84 Emirati human rights defenders and political dissidents are on trial in the UAE, facing death sentences or life in prison on spurious charges related to their political activism and human rights work, …
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Forced Deportations Leave Afghan Women in Dire Poverty — Global Issues
Pakistan and Iran continue deporting Afghan refugees to their country of origin, leaving returnees in dire situations. Credit: Learning Together. Tuesday, July 09, 2024 Inter Press Service The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons Jul 09 (IPS) – Sarai e Shamali camp in Kabul is …
Read More »Navigating Cyclones, Floods, and Climate Injustice in India — Global Issues
Tidal waves on Namkhana Island have flooded a house in West Bengal, India. natural disasters. Storms, heavy rainfall, and floods wreck havoc here. Credit: Supratim Bhattacharjee / Climate Visuals by Aishwarya Bajpai (new delhi) Monday, July 08, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, Jul 08 (IPS) – Cyclones and floods have become increasingly frequent across different parts of India, posing a …
Read More »Justice, not Impunity, for Sexually Assaulted Indigenous Girls in Peru — Global Issues
Dormitory of indigenous girls of the Awajún people, in shelters where they live and receive intercultural bilingual education, in the province of Condorcanqui, state of Amazonas, in northeastern Peru. Credit: Courtesy of Rosemary Pioc by Mariela Jara (lima) Monday, July 08, 2024 Inter Press Service LIMA, Jul 08 (IPS) – The main fear facing women leaders who have denounced the systematic …
Read More »‘Despicable Me 4’ Global Box Office Delivers a Banana Split
This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. The Big Picture Despicable Me 4 opens with $229 million, surpassing Despicable Me 3 ‘s 5-day total. Inside Out 2 reaches $533.8 million domestically, ranking 8th for 24-day totals. A Quiet Place: Day One is still on …
Read More »OpenAI Startup Fund, Thrive Global launch new company Thrive AI Health
The OpenAI Startup Fund and Arianna Huffington’s behavioral change technology platform Thrive Global announced the pair is launching a new company, Thrive AI Health, to expand access to personalized behavioral change health coaching using generative AI. Thrive AI Health will offer an AI-enabled personalized health coach that will help scale behavioral change across five areas: connection, sleep, fitness, stress management, …
Read More »Lebanon’s Deep Healthcare Crisis Exposed through Communicable Diseases — Global Issues
Dr. Abdulrahman Bizri, member of the Lebanese parliament and the parliamentary committee on public health, professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and chair of the national COVID vaccine committee and response. by Randa El Ozeir (beirut & toronto) Monday, July 08, 2024 Inter Press Service BEIRUT & TORONTO, Jul 08 (IPS) – This summer …
Read More »UN official describes total devastation in Carriacou following Hurricane Beryl — Global Issues
Speaking via video link from Grenada, Simon Springett, UN Resident Coordinator in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, outlined a scene of total devastation in Carriacou – where Beryl first made landfall on 1 July. “The entire island is completely affected … that is literally 100 per cent of the population,” he stressed. Hurricane Beryl is the strongest hurricane in history …
Read More »100 Life-Sized Elephants Lumber Along a Newport Cliff in a Global Conservation Project — Colossal
Art Climate Nature #CoExistence #elephants #public art #sculpture All photos by Corey Favino, courtesy Elephant Family USA and Newport Restoration Foundation, shared with permission A herd of elephants has arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, on the first leg of their 3,500-mile journey across the U.S. Jointly organized by Elephant Family USA and Art&Newport, the monumental public work draws attention …
Read More »UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves — Global Issues
The new designations are in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Gambia, Italy, Mongolia, Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Spain. Additionally, and for the first time, the list includes two transboundary reserves, spanning Belgium and the Netherlands, and Italy and Slovenia. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCOemphasized that these designations come at a time when humanity is “grappling with a biodiversity crisis …
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