Top UN Officials Resign Over The Organization’s Incapability To Protect Human Rights In Palestine
November 30, 2023
GENEVA, March 7 (Reuters) – Nearly 400 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, more than 80% of them by a group affiliated to Islamic State, a U.N. report shows, underscoring the scale of the insurgency faced by the new rulers. It is the first major human[Read More…]
LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Windsor Castle on Monday, in her first official in-person meeting after she tested positive for coronavirus last month. Photographs of the meeting showed Trudeau holding the queen’s hand in his, while also chatting and laughing. The palace announced[Read More…]
LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) – More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into neighboring countries in the space of 10 days, the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Sunday. “More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have[Read More…]
GENEVA, March 3 (Reuters) – The United Nations’ human rights chief said on Thursday that tens of millions of lives were at risk in Ukraine as the conflict there intensified. Michelle Bachelet called for an immediate halt to hostilities as she opened a debate at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on[Read More…]
March 1 (Reuters) – When Russia invaded Ukraine last week, some of social media’s youngest users experienced the conflict from the front lines on TikTok. Videos of people huddling and crying in windowless bomb shelters, explosions blasting through urban settings and missiles streaking across Ukrainian cities took over the app from its[Read More…]
THE HAGUE, March 3 (Reuters) – Investigators from the International Criminal Court set off on Thursday to start looking into possible war crimes in Ukraine, the tribunal’s top prosecutor said in an interview. Karim Khan told Reuters his office would see if there was evidence of war crimes, crimes against humanity and[Read More…]
Fort Bend County Judge KP George soared to victory on primary night, beating his only challenger, Ferrel Bonner, a retired veteran. According to The Houston Chronicle, George claimed nearly 70 percent of the vote against Ferrel. Since 2018, he has stood his ground as the first person of color to[Read More…]
March 2 (Reuters) – Russia continued to attract sporting sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine but Russian and Belarusian athletes who have gathered in Beijing for the Winter Paralympics earned a reprieve on Wednesday as they have been allowed to compete — albeit as neutrals. The Winter Paralympics begin on Friday and[Read More…]
To wrap up Black History Month, on Feb.24, a panel of five Fort Bend County leaders sat down to discuss “The Future of Black America.” According to The Houston Chronicle, Fort Bend County Judge KP George opened the event, pointing out the county should serve as a model for other[Read More…]
Feb 28 (Reuters) – Climate change is already disrupting billions of lives and humanity is not doing enough to limit the suffering, the United Nations climate science panel warned in a major report on Monday. Noting that nearly half the world’s population was already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, the report[Read More…]