Category: World

The Growing your Collaborative Practice event in New Jersey brought together novices and veterans to explore innovative approaches in labor-management collaboration. Across the nation, a transformative movement is gaining momentum: labor-management collaboration in education. From New Jersey to California, school districts are embracing a paradigm where union members, administrators and school boards are working together […]

There are enough chlorine reserves to last just one month, said the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, while double the amount of purifying solution needs to be used to be effective now. Children are particularly at risk of waterborne diseases and the danger is set to rise during the winter months if Gazans continue to […]

UNHCR operations and protection officials Raouf Mazou and Ruven Menikdiwela completed a high-level visit to Nigeria, focused on establishing sustainable solutions for internally displaced people (IDPs) through Government-led and “whole-of-society” strategies based on UN and some of its partners’ knowledge. Needs of the internally displaced The senior officials commended the Nigerian Government for having received […]

German prosecutors have opened an investigation into repeated drone flights over critical infrastructure in northern Germany on suspicion of espionage activity, a prosecutor said on Thursday. The Flensburg public prosecutor’s office has initiated a preliminary investigation on suspicion of “agent activity for sabotage purposes in connection with repeated drone flights,” according to senior public prosecutor […]

In 1061, two men, Pedro Díaz and Munio Vandilaz, signed a legal agreement in which they undertook to share the management of the house and church of Santa María de Ordes – most likely the current parish of the same name in the Ourense municipality of Rairiz de Veiga, in Northwestern Spain. Judging by their […]

Nairobi – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 18.5 million to provide crucial health-care services to migrants, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and host communities in East, Horn, and Southern Africa at risk of mpox.    “The spread of mpox across East, Horn, and Southern Africa is a grave concern, especially for […]

On August 21, 2024, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights and Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Uzra Zeya traveled to New York City, New York for an audience with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. Under Secretary Zeya was joined by Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council […]

In 2016, the Sustaining Peace framework underlined the importance of shared responsibility to address conflict. Seven years later, the Secretary General’s ‘New Agenda for Peace’ called for strengthened international foresight, nationally owned prevention approaches, and an all-of-system approach to tackling conflict. Faced with the highest number of conflicts since the Second World War, we must […]

When boy and girls reach adolescence, they are bombarded with messages that associate attraction with violence. These messages – from their peer group, TV series, films, music, social media, and so on – depict boys with violent and demeaning attitudes towards girls as attractive, but not so much those who treat girls well. An example […]

Too many workers in the United States aren’t aware of their rights or are afraid to speak up for them for fear of losing their jobs or being deported. This matters not just for the individual workers and their families, who deserve a safe workplace and a fair day’s pay, but for all of the […]