The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Israel’s war on Gaza live: World welcomes UN ceasefire resolution

Leaders worldwide have welcomed a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, while the UN chief Guterres says it must be implemented.

#Gaza #FreePalestine #CeasefireNOW #VeteransForPeace

World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in Coming Months

(Original Caption) 12/1984-El Obeid, Sudan; Scenes of the feeding program in famine plagued Western Sudan. Photo was taken during Edward Kennedy’s trip to Africa to view the famine situation. Slide shows a woman with a child tucked under her right arm and a container in each hand as she walks away from food distribution point. The child is eating from one of the containers.

Sudan is on track to become the world’s worst hunger crisis, according to the United Nations. For over a year, fighting between the Sudanese military and the rival Rapid Support Forces has disrupted the country, displacing over 8 million people who experience extreme hunger in the areas with the most intense fighting. 

#Sudan #SudanNews #Famine #War

First 100 days: Milei falters on shock therapy for Argentina’s economy

For Matias Vernengo, the former central bank official, “Milei is taking a huge gamble with the Argentinian people. If he doesn’t deliver results soon, I think that protests will start to turn violent. Things could get ugly.”

#Argentina #LatinAmerica #Presidente #Politics

It’s final: the Anthropocene is not an epoch, despite protest over vote

Regardless of there being no formal Anthropocene epoch, the term will continue to be used in broad popular and scientific usage as the era of human-induced change. “As such, it will remain an invaluable descriptor in human-environment interactions,” the IUGS says.

#anthropocene #ClimateChange #Humanity #Science

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