UN peacekeeping can work in a fractured world if there is political will
Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Assistant Secretary-General Marta Pobee briefed the Council on priorities for adapting UN peace operations to foster political solutions. They emphasised the urgent need for the Council…
Russian attack on Ukrainian prison kills 16: UN rights monitors
Meanwhile, another attack on Tuesday reportedly killed five civilians and injured three in the Kharkiv region, located in eastern Ukraine. According to authorities, Russian armed forces dropped several powerful glide…
‘By women, for women’: 15 years of the UN agency championing gender equality
This is just one way that the de facto authorities have restricted women and girls’ fundamental rights. Today, Afghanistan has the second largest gender gap in the world after Yemen.…
In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation
According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform, two out of three famine thresholds have been reached in Gaza: plummeting food consumption and acute malnutrition. Famine has not…
Lyme disease risk rises as deer ticks spread across US regions this season
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lyme disease is prevalent this time of year, especially in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and upper-Midwest regions of the U.S. — though there…
Wall street utility takeovers may mean higher bills ahead
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As data centers multiply across the United States, energy demand is increasing at a rapid pace. This has not escaped the notice…
Judges question Stephen Miller’s target of 3,000 immigration arrests a day
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s call for Homeland Security to arrest 3,000 unauthorized immigrants a day took center stage at a federal appeals court Monday, where the…
New emojis are dropping on your device soon
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Humans have been communicating with pictures since the days of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Today, that tradition lives on in one of the…
Trump sets new record for criminal prosecutions of illegal immigrants
Illegal immigration to the U.S. has long been treated mostly as a civil affair rather than a criminal matter, with the consequence being deportation rather than conviction and jail time.…
CVS Caremark drops Zepbound for Wegovy on preferred drug list, patients must switch
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some patients taking GLP-1 drugs for weight loss have been forced to switch to a different medication due to a change in…