Category: Editors’ Choice

Thu 28 November 2019: More than half of the tipping points that could lead to long-term irreversible changes on Earth and threaten civilisation have been activated, a study has warned. The scientists, including Emeritus Professor Will Steffen from the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, argued in an article published in the journal Nature that the nine […]

Mon 18 November 2019: Beijing denies any mistreatment of Uighur Muslims and says it’s providing vocational training to stamp out ‘extremism’. A trove of leaked government documents details China’s clampdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in the country’s western Xinjiang region under President Xi Jinping, the New York Times reported. United Nations experts and activists say at least one […]

Tue 12 November 2019: Merck’s vaccine, Ervebo, is approved for people over 18 years old and has already been used under emergency guidelines. United States drugmaker Merck & Co Inc on Monday received approval from the European Commission to market its Ebola vaccine, less than a month after a European medicines panel backed the first-ever vaccine against the deadly […]

Sat 09 November 2019: Two million people in the southern African nation of Mozambique are expected to face food insecurity by early next year, while roughly 38,000 children are already at risk of malnutrition, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned on Friday. “We call on governments, donors and humanitarian […]

U.N. Chief Urges Myanmar to Resolve Rohingya Refugee Crisis Sun 03 November 2019: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern Sunday over the plight of the 730,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, calling on Myanmar’s government to take responsibility by dealing with the “root causes” of their flight to Bangladesh and working toward their […]

UNICEF: 490,000 children affected by floods in S. Sudan Mon 28 October 2019: UN’s child body urges for timely assistance for people in flood-hit areas ANKARA (AA) – Almost 490,000 children have been affected by heavy floods currently hitting South Sudan, the UN’s children agency said on Friday. The UNICEF described the scope and scale […]

Australian Papers Black Out Front Pages In Protest Against Media Restrictions Mon 21 October 2019: Major newspapers run ‘heavily redacted’ front pages in protest against recent laws restricting freedom of information. Australia’s biggest newspapers have run front pages designed to appear heavily redacted as part of a campaign against government secrecy and legislation that puts […]

Fri 18 October 2019: Literacy in African countries estimated at roughly 70%, lagging behind world averages of 90% KIGALI, Rwanda  Literacy rates in African countries are estimated at roughly 70%, according to African Union data released Thursday, lagging behind world averages of about 90%. Seeking to spread cultural tendencies to read, the bloc convened a […]

When Gandhi Argued in Favour of Kashmir’s Right to Self-Determination Fri 18 October 2019: “The people of Kashmir should be asked whether they want to join Pakistan or India. Let them do as they want.” The Wire brings you a short excerpt from Gandhi’s prayer discourse of July 29, 1947, from The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Volume […]

One in three young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF Tue 15 October 2019: Report finds 149 million children four or younger are stunted and malnutrition costs the world $3.5 trillion yearly. A third of the world’s nearly 700 million under five year olds are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, […]