Colombia earthquake: UN ramps up aid for 100,000 people
The UN is scaling up humanitarian assistance in western Colombia as needs continue to grow following last week’s devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake, according to the latest…
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Lebanon: 860,000 displaced people have returned home, but humanitarian crisis remains ‘immense’
Around 860,000 people displaced by the conflict in southern Lebanon have returned, but the displacement and humanitarian crisis are “far from over,” the UN warned…
Arundhati Roy is the Writer We Need in Authoritarian Times
Arundhati Roy’s brother did not pretend to be sad when their mother, Mary Roy, passed away. However, it was different for Arundhati. She writes, “I…
Fiji Hands Over a Man Suspected of Ponzi-style Crypto Investment Schemes to US
Following regulatory crackdowns in the U.S. and an arrest in the Netherlands, Edward Zimbardi was handed over to American authorities to face scrutiny over his…
Spain Seizes 13 Tonnes of Nitrous Oxide in Tenerife
Spain’s Civil Guard dismantled an alleged criminal organization accused of illegally importing and distributing nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, in Tenerife, seizing nearly…
The EPA’s Data Bank on Cancer Risk From Air Pollution Has Gone Dark
For decades, communities have relied on the agency’s cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it’s missing.
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Qusra siege eases as UN reaches trapped families, but crisis deepens in Gaza
Humanitarian workers have reached Palestinian families who had been trapped for days by Israeli settlers in Qusra village in the northern West Bank, the UN…
Socialism’s Moment Is Here
I’ll confess that I have been, to use a British-ism, somewhat chuffed to read headlines in newspapers and magazines like the following:
Sudan: The harrowing reality of giving birth in a war zone
Sudanese women about to give birth are losing their babies and sometimes their own lives because of a lack of specialist healthcare support, amid the…
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks
Humanitarians continue to provide life-saving assistance to people across the Occupied Palestinian Territory despite facing obstacles such as checkpoints, instability and access restrictions, the United…