Crisis facing Argentina’s disabled – the testimonies of families left adrift

The ANDIS (Agencia Nacional de Discapacidad) national disability agency is in the midst of a deep institutional, administrative and human crisis that is having direct repercussions on the lives of those most need... Read more »

Women remain under 20% of elected officials in Brazil | Politics

An apparent bottleneck exists in women’s participation in politics: the number of female party members exceeds the number of female candidates, which in turn is almost double the number of women elected,... Read more »

Sri Lankan president invokes essential services act against power workers

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake imposed essential service orders on state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) effective from Sunday midnight to suppress the weeks-long struggle of CEB workers against restructuring and in... Read more »

Milei slams ‘overreach,’ calls for UN reform

President Javier Mlei called on the United Nations to rededicate itself to ending war and ensuring peace on Wednesday as he again accused the multilateral organisation of “overreach.” Slamming it as a... Read more »

Trial confirmed for 19-year-old accused of creating AI porn of schoolmates

A 19-year-old accused of using Artificial Intelligence to create fake pornographic videos and images of 16 of his former schoolmates and share them online will stand trial, a court in Córdoba has... Read more »

Tinubu in Brazil: Fresh MoUs Stir Optimism Amid Skepticism.

By Ugo Inyama President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to Brazil concluded with the signing of several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) aimed at strengthening ties between Nigeria and South America’s largest economy. Standing... Read more »

Israel kills 85 people in Gaza despite calls for truce from world leaders | Israel-Palestine conflict News

At least 85 Palestinians killed across the territory, including 12 at a makeshift shelter, as global leaders demand end to the war at UNGA. At least 12 Palestinians, among them seven women... Read more »

Renowned ‘sponge city’ architect Kongjian Yu dies in Brazil plane crash | Brazil

Kongjian Yu, one of the world’s most famous landscape architects, has reportedly been killed in a plane crash in Brazil’sPantanal wetlands while making a film about his work. Yu, 62, was flying... Read more »

Australia: Worker killed in Perth factory earmarked to build AUKUS submarine parts

On Monday September 8, a worker was killed on the job in Bassendean, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia (WA). The 45-year-old man, who was married and had a 10-year-old daughter, died... Read more »

Chile presidential hopeful vows to deport ‘all’ undocumented migrants

Chile’s far-right presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast has vowed to deport “all” undocumented migrants if he emerges victorious in the November election. Kast, one of the favourites to succeed leftist leader Gabriel... Read more »