By SARA SCHONHARDT, ZIA WEISE, ZACK COLMAN and KARL MATHIESEN
Updated: 11/24/2024
Developing nations got a promise of at least $300 billion a… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Human Rights, War, Hunger, disease, Environment, Economic Opportunity, Population, Personal Growth
2024 The Year in Pictures: Far From Ordinary, The New York Times
Every year for many years now we… Continue reading
“A Visit to Sednaya Prison: The Cold Heart of Syria’s Machinery of Murder”, Der Spiegel
Sednaya Prison near Damascus was the symbol of the Assad dictatorship. Now that the regime has been overthrown, thousands are… Continue reading
“democracy rebels make crucial gains”, BBC News
Rebecca Henschke, Ko Ko Aung, Jack Aung & Data Journalism Team, BBC Eye Investigations & BBC Verify, London, 19 December… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Human Rights
Child safety advocates demonstrated at the Apple Store this month in New York’s Grand Central Terminal.Credit…Jeenah Moon for The New… Continue reading
“South Korea parliament votes to impeach president”, BBC News
Kelly Ng, Seoul, London, 14 Dec. 2024
South Korea’s lawmakers have voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his… Continue reading
“Desperate Haitians Who Fled to the Dominican Republic Are Being Sent Back in Cages”, The New York Times
By Hogla Enecia Pérez and Frances Robles
Hogla Enecia Pérez visited the Haiti-Dominican Republic border and interviewed migrants and social service workers… Continue reading
“The Dawn of ‘Dark Ages’ Astronomy”, Scientific American
The universe’s light-starved early epochs, as well as the first stars and galaxies, lie beyond the reach of conventional observatories… Continue reading
“Shaken by Assad’s sudden fall, Syria faces seismic turning point”, BBC News
Jeremy Bowen, International editor, 9 December 2024
In the end the Assad regime was so hollow, corrupt and decayed that… Continue reading
“As Japan nears new climate goal, criticism of policy process ramps up”, Japan Times
BY TOMOKO OTAKE AND CHRIS RUSSELL, TOKYO, Dec 10, 2024
The debate over the government’s recent… Continue reading
“Issue of the Week”, Human Rights, War
People celebrate at Umayyad Square in Damascus on Sunday.Credit…Bakr Al Kassem/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
There is no more central… Continue reading