AI is getting women wrong as gender bias persists, data reveals
As artificial intelligence reshapes how people work, communicate and access information, UN Women warned on Monday that the technology is reproducing old gender stereotypes, which…
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Myanmar: Aid decline compounds suffering amid ongoing military attacks
A decline in humanitarian assistance is worsening the suffering of millions of people in Myanmar after five years of conflict-related violence, the UN human rights…
Security Council LIVE: Warnings of ‘dangerous cycle of escalation’ in Ukraine
Deadly drone and missile attacks in Ukraine over the weekend represented a “dangerous cycle of escalation” in Russia’s full-scale four-year-old war, the Security Council heard…
Sudan: Drone attacks endanger civilians and shut down critical services in El Obeid
Escalating violence in and around the Sudanese city of El Obeid is putting civilians at increased risk and disrupting essential services, the UN aid coordination…
The Boss, Me, Our Fathers, and the Downtrodden
Recently I took in a matinee of Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere at a theater. A dozen of us, all grey-haired, watched the show.
Iron Fist or Fragile Peace: Colombians Head to Polls in Stark Choice of Candidates
Millions of voters, deeply traumatized by a legacy of violence and political corruption, will head to the polls on Sunday to decide Colombia’s razor-thin presidential…
A Trillion Dollars Isn’t Worth It If You Have to Be Elon Musk
“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
— some homeless Palestinian
Elon…
The Data Center Backlash Uniting America
The passage of New York’s moratorium marks the speed at which a wave of organized fury against data centers is growing — and winning —…
EU Citizen’s Company Sent Sanctioned Equipment to Russian Defense Firms
Despite denials from its European co-owner, trade data shows a Turkish company shipped banned E.U. equipment worth millions to Russian companies lined with the arms…
Old and new challenges for the Human Rights Council as it turns 20
It’s 20 years to the day since the UN Human Rights Council began its work as the world’s principal forum tasked with promoting and defending…