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World News in Brief: Civilians killed in DR Congo, Ukrainians wrestle with return, Guterres calls out ‘normalisation’ of force 
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World News in Brief: Civilians killed in DR Congo, Ukrainians wrestle with return, Guterres calls out ‘normalisation’ of force
At least 30 civilians were killed overnight on Thursday in Beni Territory, North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to local...
Afghanistan faces deepening humanitarian crisis amid sweeping rights restrictions
Afghanistan stands at a “difficult crossroad” more than five years after the Taliban returned to power, a senior UN official said on Friday. Relative...
Drifting through the polar darkness, a team of scientists is documenting a rapidly changing Arctic. As sea ice retreats and oil tankers move in,...
The climate emergency is an immediate crisis for refugees, with three in four – nearly 90 million people – living in countries facing high...
Sudan’s suffering is plain for all to see say aid teams, as brutal war continues
Aid teams working to help millions of people uprooted by the ongoing war in Sudan appealed on Friday for more international assistance amid desperate...
Sixty Years on, UN Is Finally Interpreting Freedom of Association
GENEVA, November 6 (IPS) – A right under pressure No one disputes freedom of association. It is in the Constitutions of almost every country,...
Why Geohazards Must Be Part of the Pacific’s Resilience Agenda
BANGKOK, Thailand, November 6 (IPS) – For years, global discussions of disaster risk in the Pacific have been dominated by climate change. Rising seas,...
Behind Taliban Dress Code Arrests, Afghan Activists See a Campaign to Silence Critics
KABUL, November 6 (IPS) – In Afghanistan, the Taliban are detaining women, even when they are wearing a hijab. Activists suspect that the issue...
This may be the best evidence yet that dinosaur blood can fossilize
Imaging and chemical analysis of a 115-million-year-old dinosaur fossil points to blood cells. But some aren’t convinced.
This armored amphibian once lived and hunted on the seafloor
Gerrothorax maritimus, which existed about 237 million years ago, is the first ever amphibian known to have lived without access to land or freshwater.
Afghanistan faces deepening humanitarian crisis amid sweeping rights restrictions