8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (161+ words) CAIRO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The Saudi Civil Defense sent an all clear on Monday after issuing alerts for potential danger in four southern cities amid an uptick in attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis. Saudi Civil Defense had issued the alerts for…...

23+ hour, 16+ min ago   (849+ words) Rising inequality is, at its core, a political and policy choice. This is the central message of the Global Justice Report authored by experts based at the World Inequality Lab, led by economists Thomas Piketty and Lucas Chancel. As economists…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1101+ words) The Global Commission on Drug Policy highlights how harsh enforcement harms young people and children worldwide, urging countries to replace criminal penalties with accessible health services, education, and social support. For too long, the wellbeing of children and young people…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1704+ words) Your book is published. It sees a flurry of international interest – except the interest is from scammers pretending to be literary agents, joining the multitude of other online cons harnessing the power of AI. Take it from me, not even…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (380+ words) An Ecuadorean court sentenced former President Abdala Bucaram to nine years and four months of imprisonment on Wednesday for his involvement in a criminal organization that fraudulently sold medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bucaram, 74, who was in power from…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1643+ words) PUMPING HEART OF AFRICA Conservation scientist Lee White reflects on four decades spent creating Gabon’s national parks, tackling illegal logging and confronting the failures of global carbon markets. Climate change will trigger wars over water across much of Africa unless…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (242+ words) For more than 450 years Africa has sat on the world map a diminished shade of itself, but now the redrawing of those maps has become vital for African self-determination, curriculum reform and dismantling Eurocentric historical narratives. As an African, growing…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (321+ words) The third UN Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in 2001 was a watershed moment for millions worldwide. The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action became foundational for the global fight against racism. What we need now is…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (550+ words) Britain will announce a trade ban on goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank later on Tuesday, a senior minister said, framed as a step up in UK support for a two-state solution. The US is likely…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (810+ words) Leon Basson is a member of the National Assembly and chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. There is something deeply wrong with a country in which turning on a tap has become an act of uncertainty, while…...