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Racism significantly impacts access to sport: Independent expert
- UN News
From high participation costs and restrictions on Palestinian athletes – to bans on Muslim women wearing hijabs – racism continues to shape who gets to participate in sport, a new UN report published on Thursday has found.
Security Council LIVE: Emergency meeting on Iranian attack in Bahrain
- UN News
The 15-member Security Council is meeting in emergency session on Thursday morning to address the escalating tensions in the Gulf region following Iran attacks in recent days on Bahrain and Kuwait while Tehran and Washington continue to trade strikes over the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint. Stay tuned for live updates.
Ukraine: Rescuers work to save trapped residents after wave of Russian attacks
- UN News
Aid agencies in Ukraine on Thursday rushed to respond to a massive uptick in deadly strikes by Russia, including one of the largest attacks on Kyiv to date.
Understanding an Interconnected World: Why Roberto Savio Believes Global Citizenship Matters More Than Ever
- Inter Press Service
ROME, July 1 (IPS) - When Roberto Savio begins talking about The Global Citizen Handbook, he does not begin with the book itself.
Middle East Conflict Fallout Pushes Countries toward US$1 Trillion Fossil Fuel Subsidy Bill, warns UN Development Programme
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, July 1 (IPS) - Developing countries’ efforts to tackle the ongoing effects of conflict in the Middle East carry a high price that leaves little room for critical investments in education, health and other development priorities, according to a new report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) released today.
UN Peacebuilding Week: Military Expenditure Soars as Funding for Civilian Protection and Prevention Collapses
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (IPS) - From June 22 to 26, the United Nations (UN) commemorated its first annual Peacebuilding Week, marking the 20th anniversary of the UN Peacebuilding Commission’s inaugural session. Featuring discussions among world leaders, policymakers, civil society, and advocates, the event explored how collaboration among governments, international organizations, and the private sector can enhance the visibility and effectiveness of peacebuilding efforts worldwide.
Agency Cannot Be Decreed
- Inter Press Service
PHILADELPHIA, July 1 (IPS) - India’s new education policy asks a great deal of its teachers. The National Education Policy of 2020 and its NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement) training scheme, want teachers to be more than deliverers of syllabus. They are to be empowered professionals, agents of change who shape the future of children and, the policy says, of the nation itself. It is a generous and welcome ambition.
Tunisia: Civil Society Criminalised
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, July 1 (IPS) - In May, Tunisian lawyer and journalist Sonia Dahmani was handed her second conviction of the year. Her latest sentence, a two-year jail term, came in reaction to her criticism of poor prison conditions. She previously received an 18-month sentence for calling out the government’s anti-migrant policies. Dahmani faces five more charges under a 2022 cybercrime law that criminalises the spreading of what it calls ‘false information’.
US Slams Israel for Undermining Peace Negotiations with Iran – but Rift is Dismissed as a Passing Show
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (IPS) - The on-again, off-again US-Iran peace negotiations, which have been disparaged by Israeli leaders, have resulted in a rare rift between the US and Israel, a Middle East ally which has had America’s unwavering “iron clad” support since its creation in 1948.
'Everything blew up': A baseball stadium becomes a refuge in Venezuela
- UN News
Where children once trained as baseball players, families now sleep under tarpaulins. The stadium at Playa Grande, on Venezuela's central coast, has become an emergency shelter for people who lost their homes – or cannot safely return to them – after the deadly quakes that struck the country on 24 June.
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