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  • Cigarette butts account for 12% of waterway litter
  • United Nations: Secretary-General Guterres’ 10 years
  • Revelations on the history of the slave trade in Africa and the future
  • Remittances from families to low- and middle-income countries have doubled in 10 years
  • Dissatisfaction with the economy and society spreading among G20 countries
  • The right to education taken away by climate change and conflict
  • Electricitiy crisis in Gambia, protests ahead of presidential election
  • Panama Canal to tighten ship traffic as El Niño intensifies
  • The Pacific Forum has revealed vulnerabilities to external pressure and climate
  • Worsening global soil degradation
  • Surge in pirate activities off the coast of Somalia, impacted by U.S.-Iran War
  • Colombia’s new president officially ends “total peace”
  • Afghanistan: child malnutrition surges
  • Rapid increase in forest fires in Indonesia
  • New Zealand: Bill to block climate lawsuits against corporations passed
  • Rising crisis facing humanitarian workers
  • The world’s fastest spread of HIV intensifies in Fiji
  • Youth employment further deteriorates
  • Amazon deforestation declines as long-term forest loss continues
  • Lebanon: Abolition of the death penalty
  • Liechtenstein: The integrity of financial confidentiality shaken by cyber attacks
  • Cambodia: Undercover report reveals China-linked wildlife trafficking networks
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  • Massive investment urgently needed for decarbonization in the East Asia-Pacific shipping sector
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  • France-Africa summit held
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Cigarette butts account for 12% of waterway litter

Cigarette butts account for 12% of waterway litter

by Kanae T | 26 September 2026 | Environment, GNV News, Health/medicine, Regions, Technology, Topics, World

GNV News, 25 September 2026 According to a paper...

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Cheap drones are a costly problem for governments in Latin America

Cheap drones are a costly problem for governments in Latin America

by Stella Horrell (for InSight Crime) | 24 September 2026 | Conflict/military, Global View, Law/human rights, North and Central America, South America, Technology

(This article was first published on InSight...

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United Nations: Secretary-General Guterres’ 10 years

United Nations: Secretary-General Guterres’ 10 years

by Maiko Takeuchi | 23 September 2026 | Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Environment, GNV News, Law/human rights, Technology

GNV News, 23 September 2026 On September 22,...

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Revelations on the history of the slave trade in Africa and the future

Revelations on the history of the slave trade in Africa and the future

by Tani Yuzuka | 22 September 2026 | Europe, GNV News, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News, 22 September 2026 New research on the...

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Remittances from families to low- and middle-income countries have doubled in 10 years

Remittances from families to low- and middle-income countries have doubled in 10 years

by Kanako Kinoshita | 19 September 2026 | Coexistence/migration, Economics/poverty, GNV News, World

GNV News, 19 September 2026 According to a...

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Dissatisfaction with the economy and society spreading among G20 countries

Dissatisfaction with the economy and society spreading among G20 countries

by Morita Aoba | 17 September 2026 | Coexistence/migration, Economics/poverty, Environment, GNV News, Journalism/speech, Law/human rights, Politics, World

GNV News, 17 September 2026 Today,...

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When migrants are weaponized, what can international law do?

When migrants are weaponized, what can international law do?

by Aleh Baradzin (for Justice Info) | 17 September 2026 | Coexistence/migration, Europe, Global View, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa

(This article was first published on...

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The right to education taken away by climate change and conflict

The right to education taken away by climate change and conflict

by Maiko Takeuchi | 13 September 2026 | Conflict/military, Education, Environment, GNV News

GNV News, September 13, 2026 Schools are places...

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Electricitiy crisis in Gambia, protests ahead of presidential election

Electricitiy crisis in Gambia, protests ahead of presidential election

by Kuroda Osamu | 12 September 2026 | Economics/poverty, GNV News, Law/human rights, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

In the West African country of Gambia, power...

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A look at Israel’s influence operations abroad

A look at Israel’s influence operations abroad

by Virgil Hawkins | 10 September 2026 | Conflict/military, Europe, Global View, Journalism/speech, Middle East/North Africa, North and Central America

One billion US dollars. This is a conservative...

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Panama Canal to tighten ship traffic as El Niño intensifies

Panama Canal to tighten ship traffic as El Niño intensifies

by Pavel Das | 10 September 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Environment, GNV News, North and Central America

Panama decided in August to reduce ship traffic...

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The Pacific Forum has revealed vulnerabilities to external pressure and climate

The Pacific Forum has revealed vulnerabilities to external pressure and climate

by Kanako Kinoshita | 9 September 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Asia, Coexistence/migration, Environment, GNV News, Oceania

GNV News, 9 September 2026 From August 31 to...

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Worsening global soil degradation

Worsening global soil degradation

by Suren G. | 4 September 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, Environment, GNV News, World

GNV News, 4 September 2026 In recent years,...

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Escalating censorship by the Israeli military, the media fails to report on Gaza’s humanitarian crisis

Escalating censorship by the Israeli military, the media fails to report on Gaza’s humanitarian crisis

by Kuroda Osamu | 3 September 2026 | Conflict/military, Global View, Journalism/speech, Middle East/North Africa

The number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli...

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Surge in pirate activities off the coast of Somalia, impacted by U.S.-Iran War

Surge in pirate activities off the coast of Somalia, impacted by U.S.-Iran War

by Kuroda Osamu | 2 September 2026 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia are...

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Colombia’s new president officially ends “total peace”

Colombia’s new president officially ends “total peace”

by Kuroda Osamu | 30 August 2026 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Politics, South America

Abelardo de la Espriella, the far-right...

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Afghanistan: child malnutrition surges

Afghanistan: child malnutrition surges

by Mohammad Istiaq Jawad | 28 August 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Asia, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, GNV News, Health/medicine

According to an August 2026 briefing by the...

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The reality of “private cities” spreading worldwide

The reality of “private cities” spreading worldwide

by Suren G. | 27 August 2026 | Economics/poverty, Global View, Law/human rights, Politics, World

In recent years, across the world in places such...

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Rapid increase in forest fires in Indonesia

Rapid increase in forest fires in Indonesia

by Tani Yuzuka | 27 August 2026 | Asia, Environment, GNV News

GNV News, 27 August 2026 Across Indonesia,...

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New Zealand: Bill to block climate lawsuits against corporations passed

New Zealand: Bill to block climate lawsuits against corporations passed

by Kanako Kinoshita | 25 August 2026 | Environment, GNV News, Law/human rights

GNV News, 25 August 2026 On 18 August 2026, the...

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Rising crisis facing humanitarian workers

Rising crisis facing humanitarian workers

by Morita Aoba | 21 August 2026 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Law/human rights, World

GNV News, 21 August 2026               According...

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Revisiting the Fishrot scandal: Ties linking Iceland, Namibia and an array of tax havens

Revisiting the Fishrot scandal: Ties linking Iceland, Namibia and an array of tax havens

by Virgil Hawkins | 20 August 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, Europe, Global View, Law/human rights, Sub-Saharan Africa

In July 2026, it was announced that what is set...

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The world’s fastest spread of HIV intensifies in Fiji

The world’s fastest spread of HIV intensifies in Fiji

by Kanae T | 20 August 2026 | Coexistence/migration, Economics/poverty, Education, Gender/sex, GNV News, Health/medicine, Law/human rights, Oceania

GNV News, 20 August 2026 In Fiji, there are...

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Youth employment further deteriorates

Youth employment further deteriorates

by Suren G. | 16 August 2026 | Economics/poverty, GNV News, Politics, Technology, World

GNV News, 16 August 2026 According to the report...

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Amazon deforestation declines as long-term forest loss continues

Amazon deforestation declines as long-term forest loss continues

by Pavel Das | 15 August 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Environment, GNV News, South America

Brazil's Amazon rainforest recorded its lowest...

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Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An overview

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An overview

by Virgil Hawkins | 13 August 2026 | Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Global View, Health/medicine, Sub-Saharan Africa

In July 2026, the government of the Democratic...

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Lebanon: Abolition of the death penalty

Lebanon: Abolition of the death penalty

by Kanako Kinoshita | 12 August 2026 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa

GNV News, 12 August 2026 On August 11, the...

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Liechtenstein: The integrity of financial confidentiality shaken by cyber attacks

Liechtenstein: The integrity of financial confidentiality shaken by cyber attacks

by Kanako Kinoshita | 10 August 2026 | Economics/poverty, Europe, GNV News, Law/human rights, Politics

GNV News, 10 August 2026 In the early hours of...

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Cambodia: Undercover report reveals China-linked wildlife trafficking networks

Cambodia: Undercover report reveals China-linked wildlife trafficking networks

by Mohammad Istiaq Jawad | 8 August 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Asia, Economics/poverty, Environment, GNV News, World

A June 2026 report by Earth League International...

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Profiting from government overthrow? The case of Libya and the Epstein Files

Profiting from government overthrow? The case of Libya and the Epstein Files

by Virgil Hawkins | 6 August 2026 | Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Global View, Middle East/North Africa, North and Central America

GNV has already published a number of articles...

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