World leaders have departed the sprawling COP30 venue in the Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, after hammering home the message that efforts to tackle climate change are moving too slowly.

Indigenous Veterans Day takes place on Nov. 8 to honour the soldiers from First Nations communities who fought in overseas wars.

Afro Reads is a Social Space for Lovers of Black Literature

The Motherland author talks about reclaiming Russia’s women, the “demented family heirlooms” of Soviet trauma, and the country’s relationship with its chief decision-maker.

Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability

Susanne Schindler writes that social housing programs may be the key to developing affordable housing for people of all incomes.

The surge was likely due to more severe wildfires and less carbon being absorbed by land and oceans.

October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prev...

International Day of Rural Women recognizes the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security, and...

Layoffs will leave no more than a handful of staffers in the agency's special education office, jeopardizing oversight of the nation's programs for students with disabilities, advocates say.

Legislative change comes five years after treaty suspended in response to city’s crackdown on pro-democracy activists Exiled Hong Kong dissidents say they fear UK government plans to restart some extraditions with the city could put them in greater danger, saying Hong Kong authorities will use any pretext to pursue them. An amendment to UK extradition laws was passed on Tuesday. It came more than five years after the UK and several other countries suspended extradition treaties with Hong Kong in response to the government crackdown on the pro-democracy movement, and its imposition of a Beijing-designed national security law. Continue reading...

African qualification for FIFA World Cup 2026 is close to its completion with nine out of a possible 10 spots having been filled.

World Migratory Bird Day 2025 World Migratory Bird Day is officially celebrated on the second Saturday of May in Canada and the US, and the second

The International Day of the Girl Child focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights.

Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize 2025 for Heart Lamp, the first collection of short stories to win the prize