Author: Ashika Manu

U.S. Threatens Other Nations And Attempts To Block Parts Of Breastfeeding Health Resolution To Promote Corporate Interests Over Public Health

A New York Times report recently revealed that at a United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly, convened in May to pass a resolution encouraging mothers to breastfeed and limiting baby formula misinformation and inaccuracies, was blocked by the U.S. and almost did not pass. This followed after they threatened Ecuador (who

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Trump Administration Cuts Asylum To Gang And Domestic Violence Victims

The United States recently announced their decision to henceforth reject asylum applications asking for refuge from domestic violence and gang violence, reversing a 2014 Obama-era policy that could potentially endanger tens of thousands and which only further cements the U.S.’s hardline stance on immigration, reinforced in recent weeks by the

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South Sudan Returns To The Brink Of Famine Amidst Ongoing Civil War

Amidst the beginning of the fifth year of the country’s civil war, millions of people in South Sudan continue to suffer the effects of a “Never-Ending Hunger Season” that has caused widespread malnutrition and brought the nation to the brink of famine once again, spurring a humanitarian crisis, needing to

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The Decline Of Global Air Quality

A new report published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI) has claimed that global air quality has declined exponentially in the past three decades, to the point where today, an estimated 95% of the global population is currently breathing unhealthy air (according to the World Health Organization’s acceptable air quality

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Rohingya Refugee Camps Brace For Monsoon Rains

Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are bracing for the upcoming monsoon season that is due to bring heavy rains, flash floods, landslides, and cyclones to the vulnerable refugee community who have already struggled with ethnic violence in Myanmar that forced them to flee to the neighbouring country of Bangladesh. The

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Slovak Journalist’s Death Causes Ripples In Government After Prime Minister’s Resignation

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has announced his resignation following a domino effect of government resignations, corruption investigations, and protests, after Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiance, Martina Kusnirova, were found murdered in their home, with heavy suspicions the motives were related to Kuciak’s investigations into possible connections

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Teodora del Carmen Vásquez Released From El Salvadoran Prison

Teodora del Carmen Vásquez has finally been released from prison after serving ten years of her 30-year prison sentence and losing an appeal of her case only last December. She was incarcerated under an aggravated homicide charge for delivering a stillborn baby, as a result of El Salvador’s harsh abortion

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Trump Administration Cuts Palestinian Aid To UNRWA In Half

The Trump Administration last week announced they would be cutting funding to the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) which provides essential food, education, health, and social services to the estimated five million Palestinian refugees located in and around Israel and Palestinian territories. The decision to withhold $65 million of

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Protests Erupt In Tunisia Amidst Tax Increases

Protests have erupted in Tunisia over the past week, following announcements of a new government budget that has increased taxes on a number of goods and services in a country that is already suffering from rising unemployment, poverty, and inflation, despite being one of the only stable democracies to emerge

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