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- Africa, Amazon rainforest, Americas, Animals, Biodiversity, Colombia, Conservation, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Environment, Gabon, Liberia, Nepal, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, US politics, USAid, Wildlife, World news
‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who de…
- Africa, Americas, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Somalia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US immigration, US news, US politics, Venezuela, World news, Yemen
Venezuela says being in US is ‘great risk’ as countries respond to Trump travel ban
Caracas describes US government as fascist, Somalia vows to address security and Iranian Americans express reg…
- Africa, Americas, Conflict and arms, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Global development, Journalist safety, Media, Mexico, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, Sudan, World news
‘They told me that they’d hunt me down’: journalists on how they survive working in war zones
With a record number of journalists killed over the past year, four reporters covering conflicts across the wo…
- Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iran, Mexico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, US news, World news, Yemen
The world at war: the flashpoints that the west ignores
While all eyes are on the Middle East and Ukraine, brutality still reigns in many other regions suffering many…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Business, Chad, Darfur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Economics, Food security, Global development, Humanitarian response, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Middle East and North Africa, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, Sudan, United Nations, World news
‘We’re playing Whac-A-Mole’: why the aid system is broken
Calls for drastic overhaul of funding as conflicts and climate crisis drive surge in humanitarian needs and ap…
- Africa, Americas, Argentina, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Environment, Europe, Extreme weather, India, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Turkey, World news
Weather tracker: rain batters Argentina and DRC as fog shrouds India and Pakistan
Turkey also affected by fog, with 10 killed and 57 injured in serious road crash involving three busesDuring t…
- Africa, Brazil, China, Climate crisis, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Energy, Environment, Europe, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Japan, Nigeria, Palestinian territories, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, World news
The world in 2023: what our writers say you should watch out for
From Ukraine developments and China’s Covid surge to renewable energy and hope for the AmazonA near-inevitable…
- China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Global development, Health, India, Infant and child mortality, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Population, Society, South and Central Asia, Tanzania, World news
How has the world’s population grown since 1950?
The number of people in the world has tripled in 70 years. In this visual explainer, we examine where the grow…
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Eight UN peacekeepers killed in helicopter crash in DRC
Six Pakistanis, a Russian and a Serb victims of fatal reconnaissance mission, officials sayEight UN peacekeepe…
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Desmond Tutu’s funeral and Kazakhstan clashes: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Mexico to Hong Kong Continue rea…
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The world on screen: the best movies from Africa, Asia and Latin America
From a Somali love story to a deep dive into Congolese rumba, Guardian writers pick their favourite recent wor…
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Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Pakistan to Poland Continue reading...
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‘Lost generation’: education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warns
Covid, climate breakdown, poverty and war threaten return to school after pandemic kept 1.5bn children out of …
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UK aid cut behind $284m fall in global humanitarian spending
Estimated UK cut of $900m offsets increases by other nations, according to annual Global Humanitarian Assistan…
- Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia news, China, Coronavirus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Health, India, Indonesia, Infectious diseases, South and Central Asia, UK news, US news, World news, Zimbabwe
Delta variant of Covid spreading rapidly and detected in 74 countries
Concerns over impact on poorer countries, while richer governments try different containment measuresCoronavir…