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‘The people of Haiti are in a perfect storm of suffering,’ warns UN chief
State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralysing daily life and forcing families to flee,” UN Secretary-General António...
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Haiti ‘shamefully overlooked’, warns Guterres
Haitians are enduring a “perfect storm of suffering” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday as gang violence continues to paralyse daily life...
Latin America and Caribbean: Millions more children could face poverty due to climate change
Climate change could push at least 5.9 million more children and young people in Latin America and the Caribbean into poverty by 2030 unless governments...
UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff
The United States must stop ramping up sanctions against officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said...
International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ on judicial independence
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly rejected new sanctions announced by the United States on Wednesday against four more of its personnel in a...
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A Contagious Aversion to Overhead Lights
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Three Mark Zuckerbergs, Three Surprisingly Different Men
Jeremy Strong in “The Social Reckoning,” Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” and the real Meta executive are all playing parts. But only one has...
San Francisco Is Still Pushing to Turn Offices Into Homes
The city has not completed a single office-to-housing conversion, despite hopes to meet housing demand and inject life into empty downtowns.
Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
What’s Dragging Down A.I. Efficiency? The ‘Verification Tax.’
As artificial intelligence automates office tasks, it is also creating a new type of human work.
Big Controversy Upends a Contest About Microscopic Videos
Nikon announced that it had disqualified the winner of its Small World in Motion competition over how A.I. was used in his submission.