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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported on Monday that excluding children from school could cost the world around $10 trillion annually by 2030 unless decisive actions are taken by countries to address this issue. The UNESCO…

On the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, observed on June 18, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stated that “hate speech has no place, and we must all work to completely eradicate it.” Guterres affirmed that hate speech is…

Experts have warned that climate change could make groundwater undrinkable by 2100 due to rising temperatures. Susanne Bentz from the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) explained in a press release that this…

A new industry report reveals that while renewable energy sources continue to gain ground globally, fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions hit record highs in 2023, Al Jazeera reported today. The Statistical Review of World Energy report shows fossil…

On World Refugee Day, a new UN report sheds light on the staggering global refugee crisis. According to the data, by the end of 2023, approximately 117 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced from their homes due to conflict,…

A Uyghur woman, Heyrinisa Memet, was sentenced to 14 additional years in jail just days after completing a 10-year sentence for teaching the Quran to teenagers at the request of neighbors, RFA reported today. Memet is one of several Uyghurs…

In 2023, global conflicts resulted in a significant rise in civilian casualties, with child deaths tripling and women fatalities doubling compared to the previous year, according to the United Nations. Overall civilian deaths increased by 72 percent, as reported by…

Nigerian students returning from the mid-term break and Eid holiday face a heightened risk of contracting cholera, caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, UNICEF has warned. Public health experts caution that the food and water-borne disease could rapidly spread in…

The Imam Ali Holy Shrine has begun preparing hundreds of thousands of fresh flowers to adorn the shrine in celebration of Eid al-Ghadir, the Greatest Eid of God. Barq Hadi, an official in the Decoration Unit, told Shia Waves Agency…

Kenya’s National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) has reported a worsening drought crisis, with 1.9 million people in 23 arid and semi-arid counties currently in need of food aid. The situation is expected to further deteriorate between June and August. The…