The state of the world’s human rights 2024
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups
Environment
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Action aid calls for transparency
Action Aid India, a non-government organisation (NGO) working on poverty-reduction programmes, has called for reform of the negotiating procedures at the WTO ministerial conferences. The NGO
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African nations gear up for Cancun meet
To set the stage for informed negotiations in the preparatory process for ,at and after Cancun, African countries are engaged in national stakeholder consultations and dialogues on the Doha work
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EPA eases Clean Air Act and angers environmentalists
The Bush administration has outraged environmental groups with its amendment to the Clean Air Act, which opponents say will allow more air pollution from 17,000 industrial facilities in the US.
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Australia releases Power Generator Scorecard
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has released an environmental audit of Australia's major electricity generators, ranking them according to total greenhouse gas pollution. WWF say that the
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Poor nations agree on financing to stop deserts
Leaders from Africa and the Caribbean agreed on financing for their efforts to stop the alarming loss of fertile lands that threaten to turn farmlands into deserts and cause famines. Heads of
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Fierce fabian headed past caribbean islands
Powerful Hurricane Fabian swept through the Atlantic Ocean on a track that was expected to keep it well north of the Leeward Islands and away from the Bahamas and the United States. With 140 mph
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HK battens down as typhoon roars toward China coast
Hong Kong braced for Typhoon Dujuan as it churned toward the south China coast. The Hong Kong Observatory said it expected to hoist strong wind signal No. 3 in the morning and could raise it to
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Hungary's shrinking lake fuels climate change fears
Lake Balaton, central Europe's biggest fresh water lake and one of Hungary's main tourist attractions, is shrinking, prompting warnings of a potential ecological and economic catastrophe. For the
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Orissa floods leave 19 dead
Lakhs of people in Orissa continue to take shelter under makeshift tents on the national highway five connecting Kolkata with Chennai and on the river embankments for fifth consecutive day.
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Hunger deaths in Laloo loyal country
Scarred by the Bhagalpur riots, the Muslims here have for long voted Laloo Prasad's RJD, hoping it will make a difference in their lives. But Mohammed Ehsan Ansari will tell you what they have