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Overcoming statelessness in Thailand

There are about 500,000 stateless people in Thailand, of whom over 100,000 are children. Recently, various national agencies, supported by UNHCR and Unicef, hosted a national consultation on statelessness. It was a timely opportunity to identify preferred directions.

Bangkok Post · Jun 4, 2023

Nice to teach you: Brucie can help boost children’s speech, says classics professor

Former teacher says learning classical rhetoric can help pupils become better communicators

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

This Forgotten Grain With Astounding Resilience Could Help Enable A Climate-Friendly Diet

Millets may soon garner more attention after the United Nations declared 2023 the International Year of Millets.

Inverse · Jun 4, 2023

Emotional intelligence is the key to more successful entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs have a key role to play in achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This action plan, which has been adopted by all UN member countries, including Canada, was created to tackle today’s “most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges.”

The Conversation · Jun 4, 2023

Deadly India train crash linked to signal system failure

BALASORE, India: The cause of India's deadliest train disaster in decades was linked to the signal system, the railway minister said Sunday, as families scoured hospitals and morgues for missing relatives with deaths expected to top 288.

Bangkok Post · Jun 4, 2023

Pakistan, Afghanistan among global food shortage 'hotspots': Report

Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis further worsens. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jun 4, 2023

Uganda says 54 peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack

KAMPALA: Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists.

Bangkok Post · Jun 4, 2023

The Myanmar junta kills … and the rest of the world looks away

Since the coup in 2021 the carnage has been unceasing, meanwhile Russia and China continue to send weapons

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

After text messages on phone, extreme weather alerts on TV, radio soon

Before text messages, the NDMA used to issue such early warnings through the ‘National Disaster Alert Portal’ and a mobile application called “Sachet”. Read more on The Hindu

The Hindu · Jun 4, 2023

UN Secretary-General Guterres deeply saddened by loss of life and injury in Odisha train accident

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness at the loss of lives in the tragic train accident in Odisha that has killed over 280 people and injured hundreds more.

The Hindu · Jun 4, 2023