Chile inferno: National mourning after 123 killed in wildfire; hundreds missing
Chile observed two days of national mourning as at least 123 people have been killed in a raging wildfire, the world’s third deadliest this...
World Court says atrocities committed by Israeli military in Gaza are undeniable ‘facts’
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) took umbrage recently with the Zionist State of Israel and its repeated claim—concerning its war on Gaza—of exercising...
Rate of maternal deaths among Black women in UK glaring: Study
In a case of racial disparity, the maternal mortality rate among Black women and those from other deprived backgrounds in Britain has increased, suggesting...
Brazil, facing calls for reparations, wrangles with its painful legacy of slavery
RIO DE JANEIRO—The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the microphone before roughly 150 people at a forum on...
Myanmar demands greater focus urges UN rights chief, three years after coup
Three years after the military deposed the elected government in Myanmar, the ever-deteriorating human rights crisis in the country is now in freefall, the...
The 120-member state Non-Aligned Movement calls for a ceasefire in Gaza
The 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit kicked off recently in Kampala, Uganda, amid global challenges, including climate and environmental challenges and atrocities occurring in...
French police found guilty of racist brutality, but sentence is light
Three officers who received suspended jail sentences over their violent assault of a French Black man are symbols of out-of-control racist police violence tolerated...
Over 450,000 children institutionalized across Europe, Central Asia
More than 450,000 children are living in residential care homes across Europe and Central Asia, highlighting that a “painful legacy” of neglect, abuse, exploitation...
‘Inhumane’: UK Home Office refuses visas to children of migrant mothers
The UK Home Office is denying visas to the children of migrant single mothers in the health sector saying there are “no compelling reasons”...
Racially diverse Puerto Rico debates bill that aims to ban hair discrimination
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Legislators in racially diverse Puerto Rico have opened a public debate on a bill to explicitly prohibit discrimination against hairstyles such...