TsunamiJames Goff and Walter DudleyOxford Univ., $34.95 On March 27, 1964, Ted Pederson was helping load oil onto a tanker in Seward, Alaska, when...
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VANCOUVER, Canada, Jun 16 (IPS) – Looking through my emails for the last year, I was struck by how often the adjective “unprecedented” occurred....
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 16 (IPS) – International correspondent Jeffrey Moyo, who was a released from detention today after being arrested for breaching Zimbabwe’s Immigration...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 17 (IPS) – Like most male Swedes of my age I had to enter obligatory military service for almost a...
LONDON, Jun 17 (IPS) – The writer is Secretary General of Amnesty InternationalAs British barrister Karim Khan QC begins his term as ICC chief...
Migrants working away from their families made significant sacrifices to send money home last year as they did before COVID, UN chief António Guterres said on...
Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, the UN chief said on...
Although more companies are committing to respect human rights, gaps and challenges remain, UN experts said on Wednesday in assessing a decade of standards for business...
URBANA, Illinois, Jun 16 (IPS) – The number of people facing acute food insecurity has hit a five-year high, according to a recently released...

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