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Human Rights 

Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay awarded Nobel Peace Prize

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She was honoured “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement.  The committee said the award was going “to a person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order,” noting that she “has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against… Read More
Europe 

Security Council LIVE: World leaders debate ongoing war in Ukraine

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Five years of war. Another winter closing in. Today, the Security Council once again debates a path to peace – though any resolution still runs up against the veto of Russia, one of its own permanent members, whose objections have repeatedly stalled any consensus. As world leaders take the floor, the gap between diplomatic process and battlefield reality appears to… Read More
Africa 

Portugal: Lisbon housing crisis sparks protest outside parliament

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Last updated: 3 hours ago Keys, cardboard houses and red carnations filled the air outside Portugal’s parliament on Tuesday evening as thousands of demonstrators rallied in Lisbon over the housing crisis and alleged police violence. Protesters sang “É a nossa morada” (“This is where we live”) and chanted against fascism, while banners called for housing rights and condemned the treatment… Read More
Africa 

Israel: opposition supporters celebrate narrow lead in exit polls

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Last updated: 2 hours ago As the projections appeared on giant screens, Eisenkot’s supporters broke into chants of “Bibi, go home!” and “Who’s coming? The next prime minister!” The polls put the anti-Netanyahu bloc on 52–53 seats against about 50 for the prime minister’s allies, leaving both short of the 61 needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Likud… Read More
Pacific 

Nepal floods: ‘Apocalyptic’ destruction signals wider climate threat across Himalayas

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The warning comes from Sara Netzer, regional director with UN field operations office UNOPS, which provides infrastructure, procurement and project management services across the world.  Fresh from Nepal, she updated journalists in Geneva on the extent of the destruction, how UNOPS and partners have been supporting the response, and the difficulties of building back after devastation.  “As we think about… Read More
Pacific 

When a country goes underwater: Island States fight for their future

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Yet, for the people of some low-lying small island States, what is at stake is more than just their houses. Their countries face the possibility of substantial losses of land territory and even complete submergence, which could render them uninhabitable.  Where will they go? What will happen to their nationalities? Their culture?  Global mean sea level is rising and accelerating. By… Read More
Africa 

South Africa claims 7.6 kilometer-long freight train is the longest ever

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South Africa may have set a new world record with a freight train stretching an astonishing 7.6 kilometres, that’s 4.7 miles long State-owned transport giant Transnet says the train, made up of 696 wagons, completed a test run on October 18. The massive convoy travelled 860 kilometres, from Saldanha Bay on the west coast to an iron ore mine inland.… Read More
Africa 

Mbappe apologises for Mao Zedong comment after Chinese sponsors drop him

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Football superstar Kylian Mbappé has apologised after a video appearing to show him joking about Chinese leader Mao Zedong sparked outrage in China. The Real Madrid forward said his comment was “ill-judged” and apologised to Chinese fans, acknowledging that his words had caused offence. But the backlash is already having major consequences. Three Chinese brands, including beverage giant Dongpeng and… Read More
Human Rights 

Livestreaming US execution would breach prohibition of torture, UN rights office warns

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The statement came after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to publicly execute Nidal Malik Hasan, who was sentenced to death by a military jury after being convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 in a 2009 shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas.  OHCHR’s Shabia Mantoo was responding to a question from journalists at a press… Read More
Human Rights 

Livestreaming US execution would breach prohibition of torture, UN rights office warns

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The statement came after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to publicly execute Nidal Malik Hasan, who was sentenced to death by a military jury after being convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 in a 2009 shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas.  OHCHR’s Shabia Mantoo was responding to a question from journalists at a press… Read More
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