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AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: Why new thinking is needed on disarmament
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AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: Why new thinking is needed on disarmament

Engaging with the tech community is not “a nice to have” sideline for defence policymakers – it is “absolutely indispensable to have this community engaged from the outset in the...

5 April 2025 · 6 min read

UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism
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Human Rights

UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism

The action plan, spearheaded by the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, was launched in January this year amid...

5 April 2025 · 2 min read

UN rights office calls for end to Israel’s ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
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Human Rights

UN rights office calls for end to Israel’s ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

The Palestinian co-director of the documentary, Basel Adra, delivered remarks to the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Ambassador Riyad Mansour of the Observer...

5 April 2025 · 3 min read

Myanmar quake: Airstrikes continue despite ceasefire
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Myanmar quake: Airstrikes continue despite ceasefire

“In the days following the deadly earthquake that tore through central Myanmar last week, the Myanmar military continued operations and attacks, including airstrikes – some of which were launched shortly...

4 April 2025 · 3 min read