OPINION: Big Tech's dominance: only laws can limit its power
Big Tech companies like Facebook have grown so large that the U.S. antitrust authority F.T.C. is considering breaking them up. We need laws that limit the power tech firms wields over our lives
U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe
Top U.N. officials warned the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Friday of humanitarian catastrophe next year
Fleeing Tigray war, Ethiopian children seen at risk of trafficking in Sudan
Hundreds of unaccompanied child refugees vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking, aid agencies warn
Pakistan project wins award for shielding villages from natural disasters
Combining satellite images and mapping tools with local knowledge and community participation have made settlements safer
Winners of 2020 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism announced
Named in honour of the late American war correspondent Kurt Schork, the awards uniquely honour the courageous work of freelance journalists, local reporters and news fixers from around the world.
EU agrees to new sanctions regime for rights abuses
The new regime will allow the EU to impose sanctions on individuals anywhere in the world, freezing their assets in the bloc and banning them from entry
Syrian refugee in Sudan aims to show how refugees can make a difference
Syrian refugee Salam Kanoush says he wants to prove that refugees can bring about change and has devoted his time to helping other refugees and people in need
Pandemic fills ranks of extreme poverty worldwide
The U.N. projected that 235 million people worldwide - 1 in 33 people globally - will need humanitarian assistance in 2021
From Syria to COVID-19 frontline, stateless scientist sets sights on vaccine
Meet Nowras Rahhal, a stateless scientist who’s been working at the forefront of COVID-19 vaccine technology
How a UK aid budget cut will hollow out a world reeling from COVID-19
The pandemic has caused the worst development disaster in our lifetimes. Here’s why Britain should increase - not slash – foreign aid and relieve debt crippling poor countries