The world has the tools to end Haiti’s crisis – it’s time to use them
“I often feel that I cannot even find words any longer to describe the situation. Is it alarming, is it…
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First Person: ‘Tomorrow is too late’ to scale up humanitarian aid in Haiti
Women and girls face the brunt of this crisis. Gender-based violence (GBV) such as gang rape is rampant, particularly in…
International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ on judicial independence
The sanctions target judges Kimberly Prost of Canada and Nicolas Guillou of France, as well as two deputy prosecutors: Nazhat…
UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff
His call comes a day after four more Court personnel – two judges and two deputy prosecutors – were slapped…
Latin America and Caribbean: Millions more children could face poverty due to climate change
Even worse, the number could triple if countries do not meet their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and…
‘The people of Haiti are in a perfect storm of suffering,’ warns UN chief
Six million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, while 1.3 million people – half of them children – having…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Haiti ‘shamefully overlooked’, warns Guterres
Haitians are enduring a “perfect storm of suffering” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday as gang violence…
We have detected a single electron with unprecedented speed
Quickly detecting a lone electron is a difficult task agsandrew/Shutterstock We can now detect single electrons with the resolution of…
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede could be a giant dark matter detector
A view of Ganymede from NASA’s Juno spacecraft JunoCam/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kalleheikki Kannisto Jupiter’s moon Ganymede could be a vast dark matter detector,…
Quantum device detects all units of electricity at once
To measure electricity, we need standardised units Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images A single quantum device could define all three units we…