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June 28, 2022
NATO: Moves to admit Finland and Sweden 'will likely drag on'
BERLIN — A former concentration camp guard, 101, has been sentenced to five years in prison for "complicity" in thousands of murders.The man, referred to in court as Josef S, was the oldest person to stand accused of Nazi-era crimes.He was given a five-year jail term on Tuesday for complicity in the murder of 3,518 prisoners at the Sachsenhausen camp, north of Berlin, between 1942 and 1945.The president of the court in Brandenburg-Havel told Schütz he was "active for about three years in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where you were an accomplice to the mass murders"."You were aware that prisoners were killed there. By your presence, you supported" these acts, he added. "Anyone who wanted to flee the camp was shot. Thus, every camp guard...
June 28, 2022
Nazi camp guard, 101, jailed for 'complicity' in 3,518 murders
June 28, 2022
Nato plans huge upgrade in rapid reaction force
June 28, 2022
UN condemns ‘utterly deplorable’ shopping center attack in Ukraine
June 28, 2022
Guterres outlines four recommendations to help us all ‘Save Our Ocean’
June 27, 2022
Put women’s rights ‘front and center’ of climate policies: Bachelet
LISBON — On Monday, thousands of people gathered at Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, for the first day of the long-awaited UN Ocean Conference. Riding on the global momentum generated by the event, experts are pushing for a new international commitment to combat pollution, including at sea.According to the UN Environment Program (UNEP), the amount of marine litter and plastic waste, has been growing rapidly. And without meaningful action, emissions of plastics into aquatic ecosystems, are projected to nearly triple by 2040.Following the high-level plenary, a panel of experts met to discuss the marine pollution issue, focusing on finding solutions.Urgency of pollution crisisPollution cuts across several sectors and is strongly interconnected with the other planetary crises of climate...
June 27, 2022
Tackling marine pollution: Individual action, key to ocean restoration
June 27, 2022
Prince Charles: Cash donation reports checked by watchdog
June 27, 2022
G7 leaders detail $600bn plan to rival China's Belt and Road initiative
LISBON — The world must do more to stop the dramatic decline in ocean health, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, urging young people gathered in Carcavelos, Portugal, for a UN Youth and Innovation Forum to step up because his generation’s leaders had moved far too slow.The two-day event brought together hundreds of youth from some 165 countries with a shared goal: Protecting the Ocean.Speaking in front of 100 youth advocates who gathered to inspire, amplify, and accelerate youth action for our ocean, Guterres reiterated the need to rescue the planet.At Carcavelos beach, on the edge of the ocean near the center of his home city, Lisbon, the Secretary-General apologized on behalf of his generation for the state of the oceans, for the state of biodiversity and for the...
June 26, 2022
Youth are the generation that will help save our ocean and our future, says UN chief
