Science | The Guardian2d ago
Funding cuts and repressive laws raise risk of new HIV epidemic, says UNAids https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/12/health-aids-disease-hiv-infection-unaids-funding-tests-cuts-risk-epidemic #GlobalDevelopment #AidsAndHiv #Society #Health #UnitedNations #WorldNews #InfectiousDiseases #Science #Usaid #TrumpAdministration #UsForeignPolicy #Aid #GlobalHealth
Funding cuts and repressive laws raise risk of new HIV epidemic, says UNAids

UN agency head warns of ‘major threat’ as global testing and treatment falls

The Guardian
The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News [Unofficial]5d ago

Monterey Park becomes first US city to permanently ban data centers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/monterey-park-becomes-first-us-city-to-permanently-ban-data-centers/

World news | The Guardian4d ago
Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/10/two-killed-in-rare-street-demonstration-over-womens-rights-in-afghanistan #GlobalDevelopment #Afghanistan #Taliban #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #WorldNews #SouthAndCentralAsia #Protest #Women #Society
Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan

Taliban forces fire on crowds in Herat, who were protesting at manhandling of women arrested over hijab dress code

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The Guardian Feeds4d ago

Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
By Mark Townsend

Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global Witness

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/10/coltan-drc-m23-global-witness-investigation

#Globaldevelopment #Conflictandarms #Mining #Technology #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Rwanda #Africa #Amazon #Sony #Microsoft #Nvidia #Worldnews #Business #MarkTownsend

Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds

Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global Witness

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The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News [Unofficial]6d ago

France finally votes to strike the Code Noir from its books, its last slavery law

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/france-finally-votes-to-strike-the-code-noir-from-its-books-its-last-slavery-law/

Climate crisis | The Guardian5d ago
‘I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/09/i-fear-people-will-go-to-war-over-water-as-wells-run-dry-farmers-struggle-to-survive-in-bangladesh #GlobalDevelopment #Water #AccessToWater #Drought #ClimateCrisis #Poverty #Farming #Bangladesh #SouthAndCentralAsia
‘I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh

The arid Barind region was transformed by aquifer wells but now the water system is collapsing under the pressure of the climate crisis and decades of extraction

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The Guardian FeedsJun 5

‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous
By Isabel Choat

Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the African family

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/05/ghana-african-charter-family-values-gender-women-sex-lgbtq-reproductive-rights

#Humanrights #Globaldevelopment #LGBTQrights #Worldnews #Africa #Sex #Sexuality #Society #Ghana #Reproductiverights #EvangelicalChristianity #Religion #Family #Childrensrights #Christianity #Abortion #IsabelChoat

‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous

Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the African family

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianJun 5
‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/05/ghana-african-charter-family-values-gender-women-sex-lgbtq-reproductive-rights #HumanRights #GlobalDevelopment #LgbtqRights #WorldNews #Africa #Sex #Sexuality #Society #Ghana #ReproductiveRights #EvangelicalChristianity #Religion #Family #ChildrensRights #Christianity #Abortion
‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous

Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the African family

The Guardian
Science | The GuardianJun 4
The race to combat Ebola: what vaccines and treatments are being developed and how long will it take? https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/04/the-race-to-combat-ebola-what-vaccines-and-treatments-are-being-developed-and-how-long-will-it-take #GlobalDevelopment #Ebola #VaccinesAndImmunisation #InfectiousDiseases #Science #Uganda #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #Africa #Health #WorldNews #GlobalHealth
The race to combat Ebola: what vaccines and treatments are being developed and how long will it take?

With the Bundibugyo strain of the disease spreading across the DRC and Uganda, scientists and researchers are trying to find rapid solutions

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The Guardian FeedsJun 4

Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response
By Prosper Heri Ngorora in Goma

Islamic State-linked militia blamed for raids in North Kivu as governor says three patients with disease fled clinics

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/04/allied-democratic-forces-adf-rebel-attacks-massacre-eastern-drc-ebola-response

#Globaldevelopment #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Ebola #Worldnews #Africa #Infectiousdiseases #Conflictandarms #IslamicState #Uganda #WorldHealthOrganization #Globalhealth #ProsperHeriNgororainGoma

Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response

Islamic State-linked militia blamed for raids in North Kivu as governor says three patients with disease fled clinics

The Guardian