Europe
COVID-19 risk: 5 tips for a safer holiday period
Minimizing COVID-19 risks is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. By acting on our 5 top tips, we can all work towards a safer and…
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Human Rights
Fundamental freedoms squeezed in Ukraine, Human Rights Council hears
The UN Human Rights Council heard on Wednesday that fundamental freedoms in Ukraine have been squeezed in Government-controlled areas, as well as across the contact line in eastern territories, held…
News
Social workers caring for the most vulnerable: Christina’s story
Although often unseen, social workers provide important care to the most vulnerable. During the pandemic, they have visited patients in their homes, been close to them in difficult times, and…
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International
Croatia: Decades after Balkan wars, UN expert urges new push for justice
Following armed conflict from1991 to 1994 in Croatia and the rest of former Yugoslavia, that triggered increased radicalization and hate speech, an independent UN human rights expert urged the authorities…
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Europe
IOM scales up aid at EU-Belarus border, as migrant hypothermia deaths tick up
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners, are scaling up aid along the border between the European Union and Belarus, amid worsening winter weather, which is leading to rising deaths due to hypothermia among asylum seekers stranded there.
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America
Calls for school book burnings and bans on the rise, researchers say
The American Library Association has reported a troubling rise in organised attempts to ban – and in some cases even burn – library books. According to the ALA, the majority…
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Health
Four days tied by his feet, hands, and torso to a stretcher, in Spain
Enrique Gonzalez: "You feel as if you have been buried alive" " they got on top of me, reduced me, put me on the stretcher and tied me up", SPAIN.…
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Europe
Drowning of 27 migrants in English Channel is worst disaster on record: IOM
Urgent action is needed to avoid a repeat of tragedies like this week’s drowning of at least 27 people in the English Channel, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
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Books
Authors and experts on how to get your book published
Lockdown offered many frustrated writers a key to unbolt the constraints of daily routine and an opportunity to work on the novel or work of nonfiction that has been gathering…
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America
Suspect in $200,000 Shelton comic book theft rejects plea deal
MILFORD — A Waterbury man charged with stealing $200,000 in rare comic books from a Shelton storage unit rejected a plea offer in the case that would have seen him…