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Cockroach Protests: How India’s Youth Movement Led to Minister’s Resignation
On July 25, after 50 days of protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned. The movement had begun in…
UNHCR: 75 years on, the Refugee Convention Remains a Lifeline for Millions
Seventy-five years after the Refugee Convention was opened for signature on 28 July 1951, it remains the foundation of the international refugee protection…
Guatemala: A Narrow Opening in a Captured Justice System
José Rubén Zamora, founder of elPeriódico, Guatemala’s now-defunct leading investigative newspaper, spent 1,295 days in detention before a court granted him house arrest…
From Castel Gandolfo to Campidoglio: Call for Human Dignity to Be at the Heart of the AI Revolution
After two days of debate at an international conference devoted to the challenges of artificial intelligence (AI), nuclear war and global security, Nobel…
What Development Looks like in Myanmar Today
When asked what development looks like today, a community leader in Kalaw township points to these fields. Once destroyed by a typhoon, they…
Human-Caused Climate Change, Not El Niño, Drives Most Coral Bleaching Events – Research
Every morning, as the Indian Ocean retreats from the reef off Zanzibar’s Jambiani village, Chiku Chande steps into the knee-deep lagoon carrying bundles…
Trump’s Authoritarian Gambit to Muzzle the Foreign Press
For nearly a century, foreign correspondents have come to the United States precisely because this country prided itself on welcoming scrutiny. Now, the…
Africa’s Health Defenses Have Improved But Its Funding Has Not
Against the backdrop of an Ebola disease outbreak, the new Africa Health Security (AHS) Index, released today, reveals significant gaps in critical health…
US Plans to Restrict Visas to Foreign Journalists Come Under Fire
A proposal to restrict US visas to foreign journalists assigned to cover the US has triggered a strong protest from the New York-based…
Africa Can Grow Faster With AI—If It Moves Now
A farmer in Kenya gets weather and planting advice on a basic phone. A teacher in Nigeria uses a chatbot to help students…
