Photo: Illustration of Chinese and Russian vaccine diplomacy. (Photo courtesy of SkyNews) Stories to follow: Vaccine diplomacy is here. As more and more Covid-19 vaccinations…
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Photo: Some people lined up for hours to vote early over the weekend. Photo from The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/nyregion/new-york-early-voting.html. Stories to follow:…
Stories to follow: President Trump’s diagnosis of COVID-19: With only a few weeks left until Election Day, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania…
Japan faces a moral conundrum in its stance towards nuclear weapons. As the only country ever to experience the atrocities of the atomic bomb, it…
The United Nations peacekeeping operations (PKO) have long been the organizations backbone, with its relevance and effectiveness in maintaining international peace and security. With 14…
NEW YORK—The U.N. General Assembly’s upcoming vote on a resolution to address the effects and use of depleted uranium weaponry is its first since the…
Taken by the author at “Unidos against PROMESA,” a protest that took place on the day that the federally appointed fiscal board was scheduled to…
They were starved and abused. While they wouldn’t have believed any negative information about ISIS once indoctrinated, they said had they known what membership entailed…
Vitit Muntarbhorn, independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity at the United Nations, speaking at a press conference in 2014. Photo courtesy: UN /…
It took four years to break the logjam, but in July, the Committee to Protect Journalists cut through opposition from the UN’s NGO Committee and…