Child migration through Panama’s dangerous Darien Gap is up 40 percent, UN report says
PANAMA CITY—Child migration through Panama’s dangerous Darien Gap is up 40 percent so far this year, according to a report released May 15 by the UN...
New health law in South Africa addresses inequality, but critics say they’ll challenge it
JOHANNESBURG—South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on May 15 signed into law a bill that aims to overhaul the healthcare system to address deep inequality, but...
World Press Freedom Day observed amid retaliation aimed at media industry’s coverage of Gaza War
May 3rd was World Press Freedom Day. That date represents the anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, a 1991 statement named for the capital of...
U.S. mega-banks financed billions worth of Israel bonds amid war: Report
American mega-banks have underwritten billions of dollars in Israel bonds, including a substantial amount of $8 billion in March this year, despite U.S. colleges and university campuses...
Families of the victims of attacks on displaced people in Congo mourn their dead
GOMA, Congo—Families of the victims of recent bomb attacks on two camps of displaced people in eastern Congo gathered to mourn their loved ones...
Cuba at the forefront in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Cuba is willing to cooperate, as much as possible, in the global fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic, assured the First Secretary of the Central...
UK defense ministry comes under major cyber attack
Britain’s Ministry of Defense has been hit by a major data breach, resulting in the unauthorized access of personal information of UK military personnel. The...
Hungry for data: Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia
Kornelia Icha has never gone hungry or got close to starvation. Very few people do in Indonesia with its fertile soil and tropical climate....
Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed...
Did Guinea-Bissau’s president scuttle an attempt for aid to get to Gaza?
Mandla Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, recently led a “Free Palestine” chant in Istanbul where an international Freedom Flotilla Coalition was set to sail and...