Africa’s Nile River Suffocating With Waste. Juba, South Sudan — The Nile River is the second-longest river in the world. It provides crucial resources to 11 countries, including South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation. As dawn breaks each day over the Nile, its waters carry a silent plea at the center of a 21st century environmental challenge. “The river cries...
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Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit
Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit. With just five months to go before this year’s U.N. climate...
Africa’s Nile River Suffocating With Waste
Africa’s Nile River Suffocating With Waste. Juba, South Sudan — The Nile River is the second-longest river in the world....
Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study
Chinese scientists say further research on potential harm to reproduction from contamination is ‘imperative’. Microplastic pollution has been found in...
Up to 5m of beach are disappearing from this Spanish coast every year: Is climate change to blame?
Human activity from construction along the coast between Torremolinos and Málaga laid the groundwork for this erosion to occur. Construction...
Environment
Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit
Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit. With just five months to go before this year’s U.N. climate...
Africa’s Nile River Suffocating With Waste
Africa’s Nile River Suffocating With Waste. Juba, South Sudan — The Nile River is the second-longest river in the world....
Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study
Chinese scientists say further research on potential harm to reproduction from contamination is ‘imperative’. Microplastic pollution has been found in...
Up to 5m of beach are disappearing from this Spanish coast every year: Is climate change to blame?
Human activity from construction along the coast between Torremolinos and Málaga laid the groundwork for this erosion to occur. Construction...
Human Rights
Rwanda: Genocide Archives Released
(Nairobi) – Human Rights Watch announced today that it is releasing a series of archives highlighting the extraordinary efforts of human rights defenders in Rwanda and...
High Court grants permission for journalist’s legal case against UAE’s alleged spyware use
Rania Dridi, a journalist and former activist known for her involvement in the Tunisian revolution of 2011, has been granted...
Gambian Parliament advances bill lifting ban on female genital mutilation
Crowds formed to protest against a bill aimed at decriminalizing female genital mutilation protest as the Gambian Parliament debated the...
The Global Dimensions of the Chinese Government Human Rights Abuses
Why have democracies failed in curtailing Xi Jinping’s human rights abuses? And how can they better insulate themselves from Beijing’s...
Crime
Cocaine Inc: how British drugs cash is turned into solid gold in Dubai
Forthe past year reporters from The Times, The Sunday Times and News Corp Australia have been unlocking the secrets of...
‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova, mastermind of the OneCoin scam, was still investing in Dubai while under indictment
The Bulgarian businesswoman and other founders of the cryptocurrency that turned out to be yet another pyramid scheme were even...
Dubai Revelations Prompt Questions From EU Parliamentarians
European parliamentarians are questioning whether the United Arab Emirates should have been taken off the “gray list” of countries at...
Bulk of gold smuggled from Africa exported to UAE,saysreport
The UAE has been accused of being a leading recipient of tens of billions of dollars worth of gold smuggled...
VIDEOS
“Climate of Fear”: Inside UAE’s Use of U.S. Mercenaries to Carry Out Assassinations in Yemen
Democracy Now! speaks with filmmaker Nawal Al-Maghafi about her BBC investigative report which reveals new details about how the United Arab Emirates hired...
How climate change risks impact people with disabilities
As the planet warms scientists say natural disasters are becoming more destructive and more frequent, and the data shows certain...
“Carbon bombs”: The nation states, the primary culprits in the exploitation of fossil reserves
Governments are being urged to stop granting new permits for coal, oil, and gas extraction, 10 nations are the ones...