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    Human rights

    Myanmar’s minefields continue to kill and maim

    Antipersonnel landmines continue to be produced in state-owned factories in Myanmar while resistance groups employ improvised landmines. Antipersonnel mine blasts claimed 88 lives in Myanmar...
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    Environment

    China struggles with socio-environmental standards in Latin America

    Conflicts with indigenous people underline the need for Chinese corporations and banks to include socio-environmental safeguards in their projects in Latin America and the...
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    Afghanistan

    An infuriating, man-made catastrophe points toward massive suffering for Afghan families

    Children are in need of emergency aid. They are hungry. The anguish on the parents' faces cannot hide their desperation. Such is the situation...
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    Afghanistan

    Open Letter to the Secretary General, Heads of UN Agencies & International Donor Community

    Former UN Women staff members Rebecca Reichmann Tavares, Roberta Clarke and Meryem Aslan, together with women leaders and advocates from civil society organisations write...
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    Climate change

    Sri Lanka Lays Foundation for Critical Groundwater Hub in Jaffna to Combat Salinity Crisis

    A Rs 189 million facility aims to monitor and protect the fragile aquifers that sustain nearly 600,000 people on...
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    Child Labour

    Silent Epidemic: Lead Exposure Steals Futures Across South Asia

    South Asia’s lead crisis is not inevitable. Experience elsewhere demonstrates that decisive regulation, industrial formalisation and community-level interventions can sharply reduce exposure.
    Clean tech

    UN Report Warns World on Track for 2.8°C Warming This Century as 1.5°C Limit Slips Beyond Reach

    Experts at UNEP say that the Emissions Gap Report 2026 does not abandon the 1.5°C goal. Instead it reframes the challenge: minimise the height and length of the overshoot and chart a credible return path.

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    Climate change

    Sri Lanka Lays Foundation for Critical Groundwater Hub in Jaffna to Combat Salinity Crisis

    A Rs 189 million facility aims to monitor and...
    Child Labour

    Silent Epidemic: Lead Exposure Steals Futures Across South Asia

    South Asia’s lead crisis is not inevitable. Experience elsewhere demonstrates that decisive regulation, industrial formalisation and community-level interventions can sharply reduce exposure.
    Civil society

    Nepal PM Prepares for Landmark India Visit Amid Projects and Persistent Disputes

    The outcome of the November meetings will shape not only the next phase of bilateral infrastructure cooperation but also the tone of Nepal-India relations.
    Clean tech

    UN Report Warns World on Track for 2.8°C Warming This Century as 1.5°C Limit Slips Beyond Reach

    Experts at UNEP say that the Emissions Gap Report 2026 does not abandon the 1.5°C goal. Instead it reframes the challenge: minimise the height and length of the overshoot and chart a credible return path.
    Child Labour

    Nepal: One in Five Children in Madhesh Province Face Multiple Layers of Deprivation

    Climate pressures, irregular monsoon patterns and limited irrigation continue to constrain productivity for many smallholders.

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