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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is appealing for $375.5 million to support its efforts to promote and protect human rights in dozens of countries around the world at a time of great turbulence and erosion of fundamental rights. … [Read more...] about UN Agency Appeals for $375.5 Million to Enhance Human Rights Globally

"The ruling says if you have an immediate threat to your life due to climate change, due to the climate emergency, and if you cross the border and go to another country, you should not be sent back because you would be at risk of your life, just like in a war or in a situation of persecution," Grandi said. … [Read more...] about UN: World Needs to Prepare for ‘Millions’ of Climate Refugees

In the poorest countries, about half of facilities do not have basic water services — meaning water delivered by pipes or boreholes that protect it from feces — putting birthing mothers and newborns in particular danger, new data showed. … [Read more...] about UN: Soap and Superbugs: 2B People Lack Water at Health Facilities

"We discovered [it] had spread aggressively, replacing local malaria parasites, and had become the dominant strain in Vietnam, Laos and northeastern Thailand," said Roberto Amato, who worked with a team from Britain's Wellcome Sanger Institute and Oxford University and Thailand's Mahidol University. … [Read more...] about Multidrug-Resistant Malaria Spreading in Southeast Asia, Study Shows

Where Does the Concept of Time Travel Come From? 10 Exoplanets That Could Host Alien Life 13 Ways to Hunt Intelligent Aliens Leonard David is the author of the recently released book, "Moon Rush: The New Space Race" published by National Geographic in May 2019. A longtime writer for Space.com, David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. … [Read more...] about UFOs may be piloted by time-traveling humans, book argues