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Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to a new report by climate thinktank Ember. The report, published on The…

Asia is warming faster than the global average, according to data from the World Meteorological Organization, and must prepare for longer, more frequent and more intense heatwaves.  A record heatwave is hitting South and Southeast Asia. In Nepal, the authorities…

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday proclaiming May 25 as World Football Day. The day marks the 100th anniversary of the first international football tournament in history with the representation of all regions as part of the 1924…

Following pro-Palestnian protests across US universities, similar student protests demanding that universities sever ties with Israel over the Gaza war have spread across Europe, sparking clashes and arrests as new demonstrations broke out in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria, The…

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on Wednesday that some 1.33 million South Sudanese refugees have spontaneously returned home since a revitalized peace agreement was signed in October 2018, Xinhua reported yesterday. According to the UNHCR’s latest update, 45,429 South…

Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has taken the oath of office for another six-year term in a ceremony at the Kremlin. The event was not attended by the United States and other Western countries in protest of Russia’s involvement…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing a worsening monkeypox outbreak, with 25,318 suspected cases and 1,204 deaths reported since December 2022, Xinhua reported yesterday citing the World Health Organization (WHO). So far in 2024, there have been…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized the deliberate disregard for human rights by governments that do not recognize the importance of these rights in achieving sustainable development goals. In its recent statement received by Shia Waves Agency, the organization said:…

Independent UN experts have called on European Union members to ban the detention of migrant children as they prepare to implement the newly adopted Migration and Asylum Pact. The UN experts urged the European Commission to establish specific guidelines for…

New research from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and the University of Toronto in Canada, estimates up to 11 million metric tons of plastic pollution is sitting on the ocean floor.  Every minute, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic enters…