By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The concept art for the Guan Yin statue, Songkhla, Thailand. © 2024 Prachatai (Bangkok) – Separatist insurgents in southern Thailand carried out an unlawful grenade attack against civilians on November 20, 2024, at the construction site of a 136-meter-high statue of a Chinese goddess in Songkhla province, Human Rights Watch said today. This was the first insurgent attack in five years against a non-Islamic religious site.The insurgents fired grenades at about 6:10 a.m. into the construction site of the world’s tallest Guanyin (Chinese goddess of mercy) statue, in…
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
England football legend David Beckham has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for almost two decades. On this year’s World Children’s Day, marked annually on 20 November, we looked back on how the sporting icon has raised awareness over crucial issues such as child marriage, bullying and violence.
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By Zita Zage
The EU is looking to offer an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). But will it's Global Gateway Strategy be a boon for the continent or perpetuate colonial patterns?
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By Diane-Laure Arjaliès, Assistant Professor, Ivey Business School, Western University
Tima Bansal, Canada Research Chair in Business Sustainability, Western University
Nature-based solutions are a cost-effective means of addressing climate instability, and governments already have all the tools they need to help get these projects off the ground.
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By Daphné Hommery-Boucher, Doctorante en éducation, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Mariève Blanchet, Professeure en sciences de l’activité physique et en développement moteur, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Children are born to play!
And yet, despite our best efforts, many parents and professionals find that some children are not motivated to get moving and prefer watching television instead. Among the potential…
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By Steven Ratuva, Director, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury
The real beneficiaries of climate finance for small island nations are private contractors brought in to build resilient infrastructure. There are now calls for a fairer money dispersal system.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A member of the opposition Karenni Nationalities Defence Force holds antipersonnel mines planted by the Myanmar military and removed during demining operations near Pekon township, July 11, 2023. © 2023 STR/AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military forces are increasingly using banned antipersonnel landmines that indiscriminately kill and injure people across the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Over the past year, fighting between the junta military and alliances of opposition and ethnic armed groups has spiked nationwide. Landmine casualties…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the abduction of Dr. Kizza Besigye, Ugandan opposition politician and former presidential candidate for the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) in Nairobi, Kenya on 16 November and his arraignment at a military court in Kampala on 20 November, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said: “Amnesty International is […] The post Uganda: Opposition politician’s abduction in Kenya continues “a growing and worrying trend of transnational repression” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition
Gradually, then suddenly is how Ernest Hemingway described going bankrupt. The climate crisis could be on a similar trajectory.
“It took a century for the globe to warm the first 0.3°C, but the world has warmed by 1°C in just the last 60 years,” says Ed Hawkins, a professor of climate science at the University of Reading.
Read more: Cop29: How fast is Earth warming?…
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By Ashrafee Tanvir Hossain, Full Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mostafa Hasan, Professor, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University
Shaker Ahmed, Lecturer in Finance, University of Surrey
United States presidential elections consistently draw global attention due to their far-reaching impacts on both the American and global economies. The 2024 election was no exception, standing out as a particularly significant event that drew unprecedented scrutiny.
President-elect Donald Trump’s victory has been seen as an inflection point signalling a dramatic shift in the political and economic landscape both of the U.S. and beyond. Trump’s return…
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