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- Gold-linked mercury pollution rising: Women particularly impacted
- Connection of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline begins
- Opposition movement against Trump’s son-in-law’s resort development in Albania
- Anti-immigrant violence escalates in South Africa
- The invisible crisis of groundwater progressing on a global scale
- Protection of strike rights under UN treaties: Advisory opinion of the ICJ
- The crisis of peacekeeping operations
- World Urban Forum (WUF) ends with call to action on global housing crisis
- Anti-government protests in Bolivia, tensions rise
- Number of death penalty executions reaches record high
- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slows, but forest degradation continues
- OPCW admits concealing evidence in alleged chemical attack in Syria
- France-Africa summit held
- Oil companies profiting from war
- The marshes of Iraq are rejuvenating again
- “Indigenous health and land are indivisible” – UN forum
- World Press Freedom Day (2026)
- Mauritania’s immigration measures raise concerns of abuse
- World food crisis report warns of serious food insecurity and malnutrition
- Uganda facing crisis of glacier disappearance
- In 2025, the number of Rohingya refugee deaths crossing the sea reaches record high
- Democracy defense summit held in Spain
- The possibility of increased antibiotic resistance in infectious diseases due to drought
- Bilderberg Conference: The secretive international network
- Chagos Islands: Agreement on return from the UK to Mauritius “paused”
- Nigeria records the highest fuel price increase in Africa
- Measles surge in Bangladesh reflects global resurgence
- Mozambique fully repays debt to the IMF
- Brazil’s electronic payment system gains popularity, conflicts with the US government
- Largest national census in the world to be conducted in India for first time in 16 years
- Increasing smoke damage and fire hotspots in Southeast Asia
- The organ trafficking industry in Pakistan
- Argentina: Large-scale demonstrations against past dictatorial regime
- Tensions rise between Eritrea and Ethiopia
- Costa Rica: Expansion of illegal gold mining
- Trend of slowing improvement in mortality rates for children under 5
- 20% of aquaculture and fishery products are misrepresented, calls for strengthened surveillance
- 88% of SDGs in the Asia-Pacific region expected to remain unachieved
- 1 in 4 adults worldwide may lose their land
- Is the goal to halve pesticide risks by 2030 impossible to achieve?
- Explosion weapon injury fatality rate found to be 40%
- The escalating drug crisis in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Due to the decline in market prices, cocoa surplus is becoming serious in producing countries
- The population infected with trachoma reaches a record low.
- Sudan: “characteristics of genocide” reported
- Achievements and challenges of PFAS regulation
- Surge in the use of child soldiers: Colombia
- Violence against civilians increases in Nigeria
- Mongolian glaciers decreasing at fastest rate in history
- Global average of corruption perception index reaches lowest point in 10 years
- Haitian provisional President Council delegates authority to interim prime minister
- Malaysia: ban on electronic waste imports
- The Horn of Africa: Drought and expanding humanitarian crisis
- WHO: Establishing global standards for school meals
- Drug trafficking route, Ecuador
- Large-scale fighting involving civilians unfolds in South Sudan
- Iraq: The toxic legacy of Fallujah
- The global “water bankruptcy” era
- Botswana: Diamond production reduction due to excess inventory
- Marine conservation goals far from being achieved
- Solutions to the climate crisis and the responsibility of the wealthy
- Bolivia: Protests over fuel subsidy abolishment conclude
- Southern Yemen independence organization disbanded?
- Intensification of communal conflicts in Gambela, Ethiopia
- The World Inequality Report reveals widening global disparities
- Helsinki: A city with no traffic fatalities for over a year
- Ongoing Arctic warming
- Algeria: Recognizing French colonial rule as a crime
- An app to improve digital literacy in Nepal
- Chile: New Anti-Terrorism Law Applied to Mapuche Youth
- Target Met Ahead of Schedule: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Reaches 86 Million Girls
- Asset Managers Reaping Huge Profits from Low-Income Countries
- Western Indian Ocean Region: Losses in the Ocean
- Somalia: U.S. airstrikes hit a record high
- India: Kerala State Declares End to Extreme Poverty
- Mozambique: Escalating Violence and a Humanitarian Crisis
- Billionaires’ combined net worth hits a record high
- Yemen: Separatists take control of the entire south
- Defense companies’ revenue reached a record high in 2024
- South Africa: Gender-Based Violence Declared a National Disaster
- Decline in the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- International Industry Summit: Toward a Greener, More Equitable World Through Industry
- WFP: 318 Million People at Risk of a Food Crisis
- The reality behind the so-called protests by Mexican Gen Z
- Mali: Fuel Shortage Worsens in the Capital
- Fossil Fuel Lobbyists’ Attendance at COP30 Hits Record High
- Australia Reaches Its First Treaty with Indigenous Peoples
- Iran: Tehran Faces Severe Water Shortage
- Norway: Sovereign wealth fund revises its ethical guidelines
- First Social Development Summit in 30 Years
- UN Security Council: Presents an Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara
- UN adopts resolution calling for an end to the embargo on Cuba
- The Decline of Programs to Combat Violence Against Women
- Over 500,000 People Die Each Year From Extreme Heat
- Sudan: RSF Seizes Control of All States in Darfur
- 64% of Children in South Sudan Are Involved in Forced Labor and Related Activities
- The US$31 Trillion Debt Hindering Low- and Middle-Income Countries’ Development
- Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Are Surging
- ICJ Holds Public Hearings on the Right to Strike
- How Climate Finance Burdens Low-Income Countries
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