Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan Only 30 Percent Funded — Global Issues

Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan Only 30 Percent Funded — Global Issues

Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown. Credit: UN by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Tuesday, August 01, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) – Civilian infrastructure is under attack in cities across Ukraine, and the need for long-term aid grows. However, the United Nations’ 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Crypto Under European Regulators Scrutiny

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Crypto Under European Regulators Scrutiny

Less than a week after its launch, the Worldcoin crypto project of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman is already under scrutiny by European regulators over its reliance on an eye scan to verify a user’s identity, France’s data protection agency said Friday. Worldcoin’s launch on Monday comes as the cryptocurrency…

The Humanitarian & Strategic Risks of US Cluster Munitions Transfers to Ukraine — Global Issues

The Humanitarian & Strategic Risks of US Cluster Munitions Transfers to Ukraine — Global Issues

Opinion by Elias Yousif, Rachel Stohl (washington dc) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jul 28 (IPS) – The Biden administration’s decision to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions, a weapon widely banned for the inherent dangers they pose to non-combatants, is risky. In addition to the immediate and…

During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection — Global Issues

During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection — Global Issues

During the visit, Ms. Triggs mentioned that one of the worst shipwrecks in the Mediterranean happened just over a month ago. Protecting refugee rights “The Pylos tragedy and the other devastating tragedies in the Mediterranean underscore the primacy of saving lives and protecting the rights of people forced to flee….

During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection — Global Issues

Russia urged to free opposition leader Kara-Murza amid failing health — Global Issues

Mr. Kara-Murza, 41, an outspoken critic of the Kremlin and the war in Ukraine, was arbitrarily arrested in Moscow on 11 April 2022. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison a year later on charges of “high treason”, “disseminating false information about the army of the Russian Federation” and…

During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection — Global Issues

‘Latest attacks signal a calamitous turn’, Security Council hears — Global Issues

The Council meeting was convened following the missile strikes on Sunday which damaged the centuries-old Transfiguration Cathedral, the first and foremost Orthodox church in the historic city. Other landmarks in the city centre, a protected World Heritage Site, were also damaged in the attack, which killed one person and injured…

UN rights chief upholds need for justice one year after POW killings — Global Issues

UN rights chief upholds need for justice one year after POW killings — Global Issues

The “tragic killing” at the penal colony at Olenivka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, under temporary Russian military control, occurred overnight on 28 July 2022. Many of the POWs were Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered at the stricken Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol. Appeal for justice…

During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection — Global Issues

UN strongly condemns Russian strikes in Odesa, Ukraine — Global Issues

Over the past week, Russia has carried out aerial attacks on Odesa and two other port cities, Chornomorsk and Mykolaiv, since terminating the landmark Black Sea Initiative on grain and fertilizer exports. International media reported that at least one person was killed and more than 20 wounded in Sunday’s attack,…