News headlines in July 2024, page 6

  1. UN urges peace and respect for Olympic Truce as Paris Summer Games begin

    - UN News

    As the Summer Olympics and Paralympics get underway in Paris on Friday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for global respect of the Olympic Truce – a custom of halting all hostilities from before to after the Games.

  2. Deadly Atlantic shipwreck shows victims’ desperation, says UN refugee agency

    - UN News

    News of another deadly shipwreck tragedy off the coast of Mauritania is a clear indication of the desperation people on the move continue to face as they attempt to escape strife, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

  3. World Hepatitis Day: Celebrating Progress and Confronting Persistent Challenges

    - Inter Press Service

    Jul 25 (IPS) - July 28th is World Hepatitis Day, created to celebrate the life and work of Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Baruch Samuel Blumberg. Blumberg’s work contributed to the discovery of hepatitis B, and the development of a vaccine that could prevent infection with this infectious viral disease. These discoveries revolutionized the public health response in preventing the liver cancer that hepatitis B causes.

  4. Kanak Political Grievances Are Fed by Deep Inequality in New Caledonia

    - Inter Press Service

    NOUMEA, New Caledonia, Jul 25 (IPS) - New Caledonia, a French overseas territory of about 290,000 people in the southwest Pacific, is facing a challenging recovery from weeks of civil unrest that erupted in mid-May, leaving an aftermath of destruction and political turmoil.

  5. Belém Improving to Host 2025 Climate Summit in Brazil

    - Inter Press Service

    BELÉM, Brazil, Jul 25 (IPS) - Hotels and other amenities may be lacking for participants at the 30th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP30), in this northern Brazilian city in late 2025, but the bottom line is they will have a unique experience in the Amazon.

  6. USA: ‘The Stakes in the 2024 Election Are Incredibly High for the Fate of US Democracy’

    - Inter Press Service

    Jul 25 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the recent US Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity and its potential impact on the 5 November presidential election with Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, a professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law.

  7. Smartphones: Children’s Blessing or Curse?

    - Inter Press Service

    STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jul 25 (IPS) - Habits can change extremely fast, particularly within so-called “developed” nations, where children, even more than grownups are affected by life changing events. Gone are the times when kids could move around freely and invent games and adventures together with their friends.

    Far away from the scrutinizing control of parents and authorities they learned to interact with other kids, taking risks and solving problems. It could be tough and often quite merciless times, but educative, beneficent, and fun as well.

  8. This Time is Different for Fiscal Policy – Ageing Proceeds Fast

    - Inter Press Service

    BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 25 (IPS) - Several Asia-Pacific countries are ageing fast. This transition is neither unique nor limited to the region -- it is a global megatrend. However, this time it is different. Why? Because ageing proceeds quite fast.

  9. Security Council debates weapon transfers to Ukraine

    - UN News

    The transfer of arms to Ukraine was the focus of debate in the UN Security Council on Thursday in the latest meeting convened by Russia to address the issue.

  10. World News in Brief: Rights experts urge US to protect peaceful assembly rights, attacks against Ahmadis in Pakistan, sustainability push at Paris Olympics

    - UN News

    UN independent human rights experts on Thursday expressed deep concern over a “massive crackdown” on pro-Palestinian student protests at various universities in the United States, urging authorities to uphold the rights to free speech and peaceful assembly.

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