One million women lost access to humanitarian support in past 18 months, UN report says
“The women’s organizations at risk of being shut down are on the frontlines of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises,” said Sofia Calltorp, the chief of humanitarian action at UN Women. “In countries including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti, they operate where international actors cannot and stay long after global attention has moved on.
French lawmakers back police shootings law dubbed ‘licence to kill’ by critics
The number of fatal shootings by police in France is among the highest in Europe and rising. The agencies that carry out investigations of police in France, the IGPN and IGGN, recorded 69 people killed by police or gendarmerie officers in 2024, compared with 49 in 2023 and 50 in 2022.
‘We Cannot Stand Silent’: Sheinbaum to Seek Criminal Charges Over ICE Detention Deaths
The Associated Press reported that Sheinbaum’s administration will submit a request “to state prosecutors’ offices and the US Department of Justice, asking them to consider criminal charges against those responsible for the deaths.” The request, according to AP, “will be accompanied by civil lawsuits against the companies that operate the detention centers in an effort to put an end to human rights violations in those facilities.”
The Great Green Wall: Billions of trees seem to be growing faster than average
China’s “Great Green Wall” campaign initially aimed to contain the expansion of deserts in the arid north caused by intensive farming, grazing, mining and climate change. But in some places the goal has now evolved into creating new arable land, and the project combines large-scale tree planting with sowing drought-resistant creepers, and even installing vast solar arrays to limit wind and shade plants.
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