Diplomatic efforts over the Ukrainian security crisis appear to have stalled, as Russian officials signaled that last week’s talks failed to ease tensions. With the US and NATO refusing to back down on ‘key elements’ of Moscow’s demands, the deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said that discussions had reached ‘a
On Thursday, U.S. President Joe Biden launched the virtual “Summit for Democracy.” It was an assembly of delegates from over one hundred countries to discuss and address the challenges facing democracy and human rights worldwide. In the past decade, the Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance has found that more than
Three months since Kabul fell to the Taliban; the Afghan economy is on the brink of collapse. An acute cash shortage has hamstrung economic activity and sent prices soaring, triggering a food crisis that leaves millions of Afghans at risk. Desperate families have taken to selling their possessions at the
Leaked documents reveal that a number of countries are attempting to alter a landmark UN report on climate change, lobbying the organization to downplay the need to rapidly phase out fossil fuels, and to understate the climate benefits of plant-based diets. The leak – seen by Unearthed, a group of
On September 22nd, the World Health Organization updated its Global Air Quality Guidelines, cutting its recommended limits for air pollution. Suggested levels for key pollutants – like particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide – were considerably reduced. The change comes as accumulating evidence points to air pollution’s adverse health
