Stand your ground: How one community in Brazil is coping with rising tides

From there, she and her husband fished, planted crops and raised animals. “I was a very happy person in that little piece of land – that was my paradise,” she says.  Then came the night that changed everything. The rain arrived with thunder and lightning that tore through the darkness, shaking the small houses along […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers Close Canada Talks With Focus on Ukraine and Sudan

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) nations concluded two days of talks in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, reaffirming their commitment to Ukraine and condemning escalating violence in Sudan. The meeting, chaired by Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, highlighted unity on urgent global crises while sidestepping disputes that risked dividing the bloc. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy […]

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Tanzania: Reports of hundreds killed and detained following deadly election violence

Tanzanians took to the streets on 29 October against the re-election of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, in a protest that quickly escalated into violence and death. Harrowing reports have emerged of “families desperately searching everywhere for their loved ones, visiting one police station after another and one hospital after another,” the UN human rights chief Volker Türk […]

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Man of African-Origin Found Dead inside Truck in Texas: Authorities Confirm Death, Family Appeals for Support

Summary: The death of Bode Moses Ologan, a middle-aged man of African origin living in Arlington, Texas, has been confirmed by family and community members. He was found deceased inside a truck on November 7, 2025. Relatives have since launched a fundraiser to support funeral arrangements and his three surviving children. 🚨 The Incident Local […]

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World News in Brief: Gaza latest, Americas loses measles-free status, tornado recovery in Brazil

The fuel is needed to power machinery for critical operations, including water, sanitation, hygiene, health and clearing rubble. Education, nutrition and protection work will also be possible thanks to the diesel delivery, OCHA said, noting that three-quarters of the total amount  went to the south and one quarter headed north. Latest UN data also indicates […]

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Latest deadly shipwreck highlights need for safer migration

They were among 49 migrants and refugees aboard a rubber boat that departed from Zuwara in northwest Libya around 3am on 3 November, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday, citing survivors. The vessel capsized roughly six hours later after high waves caused the engine to fail. All passengers, 47 men and two […]

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A new plan for culture in Europe

  Culture plays a central role in forging our European identity, celebrating diversity and in bringing us all together. It helps strengthen our democracy and resilience and it contributes towards economic growth and competitiveness. Today the Commission has put forward the culture compass for Europe, a plan designed to shape EU cultural policy. The culture […]

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Keeping cool on a hotter planet: COP30 pushes for sustainable cooling and AI innovation

AI is already helping farmers predict droughts and manage crops more efficiently, but the environmental cost of training large models and running vast data centres is raising alarms. Meanwhile, cooling – once seen as a luxury, now a survival need in many parts of the world – remains one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse […]

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Trapped behind bars: Reforming Haiti’s broken detention system

Most of those people died “as a result of lack of medical care, unsanitary cells, insufficient food, and limited access to drinking water,” according to the latest UN human rights report about the situation in the Caribbean island nation. Haiti is facing a dire humanitarian, political and security crisis due to gang violence, compounded by […]

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Sudan war: Women endure starvation, rape and bombs fleeing El Fasher

“Women speaking to us from El Fasher, the heart of Sudan’s latest catastrophe, tell us that they’ve endured starvation…displacement, rape and bombardment,” Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, told reporters in Geneva. “Pregnant women have given birth in the streets as the last remaining maternity hospitals were looted and destroyed.” […]

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