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This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls has welcomed a ruling by a federal district court in the United States that reaffirms sex-based protections in education. Independent rights expert Reem Alsalem hailed the landmark 9 January decision by the Kentucky court declaring the US […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. As of today, the Commission is opening applications for two awards celebrating innovation and creativity inspired by the New European Bauhaus (NEB): the fifth edition of the New European Bauhaus Prizes and the new NEB Boost for Small Municipalities. Awarding beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Mukund Pankaj Lala Pachadhari, a Second Year medical student at MP Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. He is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Lifesaving efforts by UN humanitarians and partners to distribute food and agricultural aid in Sudan last year reached millions, agencies reported on Friday – but needs are only growing. The World Food Programme (WFP) provided lifesaving assistance to 7.8 million people, while the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. A team from the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria concluded a first visit to the country on Thursday, taking crucial steps to promote dialogue and engagement with the new caretaker government. Commissioner Hanny Megally led the team, which met with officials, including in the Ministries of […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Anika Tabassum Totini, a passionate fourth-year medical student from Bangladesh. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the […]
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided a second loan tranche of €4.7 million, backed by EU guarantees, to support the reclamation of the Hrybovychi solid waste landfill in Lviv. The funds will be used to improve waste management infrastructure, address environmental hazards, and continue to […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia city in Ukraine on Wednesday caused the highest number of civilian casualties in a single incident in almost two years, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, has reported. Thirteen civilians were killed, and 110 injured, when two aerial bombs […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8 per cent in 2025, unchanged from this past year, according to a UN flagship report released on Thursday. The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2025 report shows that despite withstanding a series of mutually reinforcing shocks, global economic growth […]
A woman carries children’s winter clothes in Der Al Balah Gaza. This article is published in association with United Nations. The horrors in Gaza show no signs of abating, the UN said on Thursday, noting that the Ministry of Health reports that over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed there since October 2023, most of them women […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The launch of yet another ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is of serious concern, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, highlighting the persistent threat to global efforts towards disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for peacebuilding […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Security Council met on Wednesday to discuss political and humanitarian developments exactly a month on from the collapse of the Assad regime. The transitional authorities also outlined their vision for the country’s future for the first time in a major international forum. In his briefing, UN […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Russian forces continue to subject Ukraine’s people to “relentless attacks” by aerial glide bombs, long-range missiles and drones, in a bid to capture further territory in the east of the country, the UN’s deputy human rights chief said on Wednesday. In a scheduled update mandated by the […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Alara Rodoplu, a medical student at İzmir University of Economics. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. At least 5,601 people were killed in gang violence in Haiti last year, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, appealing for greater efforts by the authorities and the international community to address the root causes. These deaths represent an increase of over 1,000 on […]
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing in Poland’s leading business travel management company, eTravel. The Bank has acquired an indirect stake in the company in tandem with Enterprise Investors Fund IX, a private equity fund in which the EBRD is a limited partner. […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN teams in Gaza have carried out a rapid needs assessment in two makeshift sites in Deir Al-Balah following a recent airstrike, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday. Personnel from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Human suffering in Sudan has reached devastating levels, with over 11.5 million people internally displaced and 3.2 million seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. Addressing the Security Council on Monday, Edem Wosornu, Director of the Advocacy and Operations Division at the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) described the […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israeli airstrikes continued across Gaza overnight into Monday, while the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that one of its aid convoys in the war-shattered enclave was targeted by Israeli fire on Sunday. The WFP issued a statement on Monday condemning the attack insisting that its vehicles […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive entered into application at the end of 2024, aiming for a more balanced gender representation on the boards of listed companies across all EU Member States. The Directive sets a target for EU large listed companies of […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNIFIL. This includes movements further north reported in Sector East, while a redeployment by the Lebanese Armed Forces was conducted […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Wednesday’s truck attack that killed at least 15 people in the city of New Orleans. Media reports indicated that a US male citizen had intentionally driven a pick-up truck into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in the city’s French quarter shortly […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, will be the global focus of efforts to tackle the climate crisis in November 2025, when it hosts one of the most significant UN climate conferences in recent years. However, throughout the years there will be plenty of opportunities to make […]
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a sovereign loan of up to €105 million to Serbia, through the Ministry of Finance, to benefit Novosadska Toplana Novi Sad, the district heating company of Novi Sad. The project is expected to be co-financed by an […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, continues to inflict misery on the country’s population, fuelling a massive humanitarian disaster and driving over 12 million people from their homes. Ramtane Lamamra, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy For Sudan recently travelled to Sudan, where he met senior […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday expressed his deep sadness at the passing of former United States President Jimmy Carter, who has died aged 100, at his home in Plains, Georgia. The Democratic Party icon lived longer than any president in US history, serving one term between 1977 […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Special Envoy for Syria continues to uphold the need for a Syrian-led transition in his ongoing talks on the way forward for the country. Geir Pedersen has been meeting with French, German and Russian authorities, the UN reported on Monday, which includes engagement with Russian […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Essential services that sustain life – healthcare, emergency aid, and humanitarian access – are being systematically dismantled in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). A stark example of this escalation was highlighted by the Director-General of the World Health […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The year 2024 is set to be the warmest on record, capping a decade of unprecedented heat fuelled by human activities, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). “Today I can officially report that we have just endured a decade of deadly heat. The top ten hottest […]
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank’s global arm (EIB Global) has signed a €43 million loan agreement to develop a digital infrastructure for governmental services. The loan is to state-owned enterprise AzInTelecom LLC, which will use the financing to build two new state-of-the-art data centers. The transaction is […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Companies and governments need to take more responsibility for keeping individuals safe from the potential misuse of artificial intelligence tools, according to AI expert Ivana Bartoletti. Ms. Bartoletti is the Global Chief Privacy and AI Governance Officer of multinational IT company Wipro, an advisor to the Council […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza, Kamal Adwan Hospital, is now out of service, putting the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Friday. The raid, reportedly by Israeli forces, saw some areas of the […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Newborns and infants in Gaza have reportedly died of hypothermia, deaths described by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as preventable. The news comes amid continued Israeli bombardments and an expected further drop in temperatures. In Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes are […]
