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  • 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
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  • “World Food Crisis Report Warns of Serious Food Insecurity and Malnutrition”
  • Uganda Facing the 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 Unknown 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, Clear Conflict with the U.S. Government
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  • Argentina: Large-scale Demonstrations Against Past Dictatorial Regimes
  • Tensions Rise Between Eritrea and Ethiopia
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  • 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
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  • Violence Against Civilians Increases in Nigeria
  • Mongolian Glaciers: Decreasing at the 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: Historical 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: Production Reduction Due to Excess Diamond Inventory
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  • 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 Community Conflicts in Gambela, Ethiopia
  • The World Inequality Report Reveals the 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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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Billionaires’ combined net worth hits a record high

Billionaires’ combined net worth hits a record high

by Hayato Ishimoto | 2025年12月12日 | Economics/poverty, GNV News, World

GNV News — December 12, 2025 The Swiss bank UBS,...

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Norway: Sovereign wealth fund revises its ethical guidelines

Norway: Sovereign wealth fund revises its ethical guidelines

by Hayato Ishimoto | 2025年11月12日 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, Europe, GNV News, Politics

GNV News 2025-11-12 On 11/4/2025, the Norwegian...

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Brunei: Challenges Facing Young People

Brunei: Challenges Facing Young People

by Hayato Ishimoto | 2025年11月6日 | Asia, Economics/poverty, Global View, Politics

Brunei (Brunei Darussalam) is a country blessed...

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France to investigate the impact of the indemnity for Haiti’s independence

France to investigate the impact of the indemnity for Haiti’s independence

by MIKI Yuna | 2025年04月30日 | Economics/poverty, Europe, GNV News, Law/human rights, North and Central America

GNV News 2025/4/30 On 2025/4/17, French...

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A 10-Year Analysis of News Coverage: Countries That Make the News and Those That Don’t

A 10-Year Analysis of News Coverage: Countries That Make the News and Those That Don’t

by Seita Morimoto | 2025年04月24日 | News View

GNV has, since 2015, conducted quantitative and...

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Nicaragua: Where Has the Hope for Democratization Gone?

Nicaragua: Where Has the Hope for Democratization Gone?

by Hayato Ishimoto | 2025年04月10日 | Economics/poverty, Global View, Law/human rights, North and Central America, Politics

On 1/30/2025, in the Nicaraguan National...

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Global Disability Summit 2025 to Be Held

Global Disability Summit 2025 to Be Held

by MIKI Yuna | 2025年04月6日 | Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Education, GNV News, Law/human rights, World

GNV News 2025/4/6 From 2025/4/2 to 3, the Global...

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Bangladesh: Political Upheaval and the Student Movement

Bangladesh: Political Upheaval and the Student Movement

by Chiori Murata | 2025年01月9日 | Asia, Economics/poverty, Education, Global View, Law/human rights, Politics

In August 2024, Bangladesh reached a turning...

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Update: What happened to 2023’s top 10 underreported global news stories?

Update: What happened to 2023’s top 10 underreported global news stories?

by Virgil Hawkins | 2024年10月24日 | Global View, Top 10 news, World

Since 2018, every December GNV has announced the...

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Kuwait: Has the road to democracy come to an end?

Kuwait: Has the road to democracy come to an end?

by Hayato Ishimoto | 2024年10月3日 | Global View, Middle East/North Africa, Politics

On 2024年5月10日, Kuwait’s Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad...

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A Country Where Drug Trafficking Casts a Shadow over Politics: Guinea-Bissau

A Country Where Drug Trafficking Casts a Shadow over Politics: Guinea-Bissau

by Angela Kim | 2024年08月22日 | Conflict/military, Global View, Law/human rights, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa....

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Roundup: Global Poverty

Roundup: Global Poverty

by Virgil Hawkins | 2024年07月18日 | Economics/poverty, Global View, World

More than half of the world’s population is in...

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Challenges Facing Latin American Politics and Society

Challenges Facing Latin American Politics and Society

by A.Ishida | 2024年07月11日 | Economics/poverty, Global View, North and Central America, Politics, South America

Society and politics in Latin America are in...

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The Future of the Sudan Conflict

The Future of the Sudan Conflict

by Junpei Nishikawa | 2024年06月27日 | Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, From the archives, Global View, Middle East/North Africa, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

In Sudan, the armed conflict that broke out in...

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The Pink Tide: An Overview of a Quarter-Century of Latin American Politics

The Pink Tide: An Overview of a Quarter-Century of Latin American Politics

by Darren Mangado | 2024年05月30日 | Economics/poverty, Global View, North and Central America, Politics, South America

The end of the Cold War symbolized the notion...

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Wikipedia and Its Challenges (Part 1)

Wikipedia and Its Challenges (Part 1)

by Virgil Hawkins | 2024年05月17日 | Economics/poverty, Gender/sex, Global View, Journalism/speech, Technology, World

Wikipedia, the largest in history encyclopedia,...

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Iranian Government Faces a Crisis

Iranian Government Faces a Crisis

by Tahereh Mohammadi | 2024年05月9日 | Economics/poverty, Gender/sex, Global View, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa, Politics

In April 2024, Iran drew worldwide attention...

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Exploring the Current State of Human Rights Reporting

Exploring the Current State of Human Rights Reporting

by Ikumu Nakamura | 2024年05月2日 | Economics/poverty, Journalism/speech, Law/human rights, News View, Politics, World

“Human rights” are the rights that everyone is...

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Will advances in AI reduce global inequality?

Will advances in AI reduce global inequality?

by Azusa Iwane | 2024年04月28日 | Economics/poverty, Global View, Technology, World

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made remarkable...

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How Is China, a Great Power, Covered in the Media?

How Is China, a Great Power, Covered in the Media?

by Koki Usami | 2024年03月21日 | Economics/poverty, Journalism/speech, Law/human rights, News View, Politics

About 1.4 billion people live in China, a major...

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Digital Transformation Advances in Central Asia

Digital Transformation Advances in Central Asia

by Ilnaz Makhmutov | 2024年03月14日 | Asia, Economics/poverty, Global View, Law/human rights, Technology

In recent years in Kazakhstan, Kaspi Bank has...

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The Global Sex Industry

The Global Sex Industry

by MIKI Yuna | 2024年03月7日 | Economics/poverty, Gender/sex, Global View, Health/medicine, Law/human rights, World

What is the world’s oldest profession? According...

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The Caribbean at the Mercy of Billionaires

The Caribbean at the Mercy of Billionaires

by Mayu Nakata | 2024年01月18日 | Economics/poverty, Environment, Global View, North and Central America, South America

In 2023, during the hurricane season that runs...

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Video: The Top 10 Under-the-Radar World News Stories of 2023

Video: The Top 10 Under-the-Radar World News Stories of 2023

by GNV | 2023年12月29日 | Agriculture/resources, Asia, Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Education, Environment, Europe, Health/medicine, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa, News View, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa, Top 10 news, World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQslNTC5yP8 For...

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Can Albania Escape Its History?

Can Albania Escape Its History?

by キシブチノゾミ Nozomi Kishibuchi | 2023年12月28日 | Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Europe, Global View, Law/human rights, Politics

On 2023-10-1, in Albania, a law took effect...

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Top 10 Underreported World News Stories of 2023

Top 10 Underreported World News Stories of 2023

by Yuna Nakahigashi | 2023年12月22日 | Agriculture/resources, Asia, Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Education, Environment, Europe, Health/medicine, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa, News View, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa, Top 10 news, World

In 2023 as well, there was a large gap between...

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The World’s Busiest Sea Route for Migrants?

The World’s Busiest Sea Route for Migrants?

by クニヨシリョウガ Ryoga Kuniyoshi | 2023年12月14日 | Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Global View, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Many refugees and migrants attempting to enter...

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Indonesia’s Remaining Challenges After Democratization

Indonesia’s Remaining Challenges After Democratization

by Hayato Ishimoto | 2023年12月7日 | Asia, Economics/poverty, Global View, Journalism/speech, Law/human rights, Politics

In month 2 of 2024, presidential and...

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ODA: The Reality and Its Problems

ODA: The Reality and Its Problems

by Yusui Sugita | 2023年11月23日 | Economics/poverty, From the archives, Global View, World

Among the topics often raised in discussions on...

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The Propaganda Model and International Reporting in Japan

The Propaganda Model and International Reporting in Japan

by Virgil Hawkins | 2023年11月9日 | Economics/poverty, Journalism/speech, News View, World

In democratic societies, the news media are...

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