NEW YORK, 04 MAY 2026 (UN NEWS CENTRE)—War in the Middle East has made Lebanon the deadliest country for media workers so far this year, but practically no country offers a safe environment in which to be a journalist, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Volker Türk highlighted growing threats to the […]
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Fossil fuels are driving a cost crisis for households, businesses and nations
Op-ed by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell. BONN, 28 APRIL 2026 (UNFCCC)—As the head of UN Climate Change, I’m used to making the case for clean energy. Today, the latest fossil fuel energy crisis is doing that job for me. War in the Middle East has exposed a brutal truth: fossil fuel dependency […]
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A Conversation with Surangel Whipps
Two years ago, I went with a few friends to have ice cream on the second floor of Surangel and Sons supermarket. We were sitting in the dining area, chatting, when suddenly we noticed a man pushing a wheelchair slowly toward us from a distance. Seated in the wheelchair was an elderly man with a […]
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Long hours, stress and harassment are causing hundreds of thousands of early deaths, says UN labour agency
GENEVA, 23 APRIL 2026 (UN NEWS CENTRE) — More than 840,000 people die each year from health conditions linked to risks such as long working hours, job insecurity, workplace harassment and bullying, according to a new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The way that jobs are designed, organised and managed has a major […]
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Dear Incoming Freshmen,
Congrats! Moving from middle school to high school is a huge milestone. You’re already two-thirds of the way through your school journey, and these next four years will go by faster than you think. I remember my first day of high school— I was excited, but just as much, I was terrified. I worried about […]
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China tests a new Taiwan strategy — and a peace talk reveals the shift
By Bang Xiao Tuesday 14 April https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/china-xi-jinping-cheng-li-wun-visit-taiwan-strait-peace-talk/106559678 (ABC-Australia) At a private luncheon in Beijing last Friday, a single dish carried unusual weight: sea clams in chicken broth. The choice was deliberate. It echoed a meal served more than 50 years ago, when Beijing hosted Richard Nixon — who had met chairman Mao Zedong earlier that […]