UN NEWS—Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean water and sanitation around the world on World Toilet Day, marked on 19 November. In line with this year’s theme of accelerating change, innovators have been part of ongoing efforts to address the needs of some of
Dominica's Waitukubuli Sea Trail made it to National Geographic's The Cool List. The Caribbean's Nature Isle is the only country in the region to have nabbed a spot in the magazine's picks for the top 30 countries to visit in 2024. The Cool List 2024 represents the
Earlier this year, more than 1,100 applicants were narrowed to 15 finalists by a global panel of scientific, academic, and subject-matter experts. This year's winners were chosen by Prince William and the Earthshot Prize Council, chaired by Christiana Figueres, an architect of the Paris Agreement. At
After a lengthy trial involving the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX and trading company Alameda Research, Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of fraud and money laundering. It ends the astonishing decline in fortune for the 31-year-old former billionaire, who was formerly dubbed the "King of Crypto" and
UN NEWS—A UN poverty expert called on the CEOs of Amazon, DoorDash and Walmart on Tuesday to address allegations that wages at the US-based corporations are trapping workers in poverty, forcing them to rely on US Government benefits to survive. In separate letters to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, DoorDash
UN NEWS—Next month’s UN climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must respond decisively to the gaps in the intranational community’s response climate crisis, Deputy-Secretary-General Amina Mohamed said on Monday. Ms. Mohammed, delivering opening remarks to a preparatory meeting, or Pre-Cop, being held in Abu
ASSOCIATED PRESS, LAURA UNGAR—The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure that attacks the disorder at its genetic source. On Tuesday, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will review a gene
There is a connection between disasters and inequality. This is what the UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Didier Trebucq and Nahuel Arenas, regional chief of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, underscored on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction marked
UN NEWS—At the concluding segment of the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Friday in Geneva, several States seized the opportunity to address the conflict engulfing Gaza and Israel, now in its sixth day. Some 22 countries and one non-governmental organization (NGO) took the
Pope Francis issued an appeal for a halt to violence and attacks in Israel and Gaza, stating that terrorism and war would not solve any issues and would only cause more misery and deaths among innocent people. In his weekly address to the faithful in St.
