Follow Newsd On Get your daily dose of the hottest and latest news. Nothing to do with what US and Europe's far-right fanatics now use to vociferate, saying once and again that "migrants come here to destroy our democracy, our civilisation, and our life-style".UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (IPS) - When the UN Security Council met last week to discuss the deaths and devastation caused to civilians in ongoing military conflicts and civil wars, the killings in Yemen and the air attacks on hospitals, schools, mosques, and market places—whether deliberate or otherwise-- were singled out as the worst ever.BANGKOK, Thailand, May 28 (IPS) - Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana * is UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)Since this Commission first met in 1947, our countries have travelled a long journey. The transformation goes beyond the quantitative to involve qualitative change as finance becomes dominant, instead of serving the needs of the real economy.Bookmark or share this with others using some popular social bookmarking web sites:“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. At the White House, President Trump claimed China undermined recent trade talks by seeking a renegotiation.Trump says he’s preparing to order tariffs on virtually all Chinese imports—some $540 billion worth of products brought into the U.S. each year. The attack came just two days after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a surprise visit to Baghdad to discuss Iran’s presence in Iraq.In northern France, human rights activists are attempting to block authorities from loading French weapons onto a Saudi vessel, saying the shipment would be used to kill civilians in Yemen in violation of an international arms treaty.
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So far police and Secret Service agents have arrested nine activists, including Gerry Condone, a 72-year-old Vietnam War vet and the president of Veterans for Peace, who was violently tackled and pressed to the pavement Wednesday by five officers after he tried to bring food to protesters occupying the embassy. We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work. Hale is accused of disclosing 11 top-secret or secret documents to a reporter. is a 501(c)3 non-profit news organization. We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work. From serial bombings in Sri Lanka to the first-ever image of a black hole, here are some of the most talked-about news stories of 2019, so far.
delivered to your inbox every day? The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Syrian forces have dropped over a dozen barrel bombs in recent days on Idlib, backed by scores of Russian airstrikes which have hit schools and hospitals. The bill would make providing an abortion a Class A felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison. He wrote, “I’m disappointed in myself and the early Facebook team for not thinking more about how the News Feed algorithm could change our culture, influence elections and empower nationalist leaders. The ship was first seized by Indonesia over a year ago; it’s now being moved to U.S. territory in American Samoa. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” — Technology Meets Creativity on Women’s Empowerment PlatformSouth Sudan - COVID-19 and Ongoing Violence has Catastrophic Effects on CiviliansEnergy Cooperatives Swim Against the Tide in MexicoPowerplay in Paradise: Sino-Indian Tussle in the MaldivesFridays for Future: how the young climate movement has grown since Greta Thunberg's lone protest
This is not about telling you how bank accounts and pension funds have been used to finance the production of nuclear bombs (they call it ‘investment').UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (IPS) - Rather than waiting for adults to act, more young girls and boys are standing up and speaking out on the world's pressing issues.HAMILTON, Canada, May 30 (IPS) - Colin Mayfield, is Senior Advisor, Water Education and Knowledge Management at United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), and Hamid Mehmood is a Senior Researcher*.Post-secondary education relevant to the global water crisis is concentrated in wealthy countries rather than the poorer, developing places where it is needed most.AMMAN, May 29 (IPS) - Princess Sarah Zeid is a member of UNHCR's Advisory Group on Gender, Forced Displacement, and Protection, a Special Advisor to the World Food Programme on Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, and Chair of the Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings Initiative.On the eve of the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver June 3-6, Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan interviewed MADRID, May 29 (IPS) - No, no, no. The grand jury ultimately disbanded. Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, May 19, 2019…