This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid reports of hundreds dead or missing following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake with its epicentre in central Myanmar, UN teams in the region are “responding fast”, said UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Friday. The Emergency Relief Coordinator tweeted that UN team s are being “supported by […]UN teams ramp up response to deadly quake in Myanmar and Thailand
March 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid reports of hundreds dead or missing following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake with its epicentre in central Myanmar, UN teams in the region are “responding fast”, said UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Friday. The Emergency Relief Coordinator tweeted that UN team s are being “supported by […]Human rights breaches in Thailand, Sudan and Azerbaijan
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted human rights resolutions on Thailand, Sudan and Azerbaijan. Violations of democratic principles and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugees Parliament condemns the deportation of Uyghur refugees to China, and urges […]World News in Brief: Deadly virus outbreak in Uganda, $500 million human rights appeal, Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws in spotlight
January 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease in Uganda, which is part of the Ebola virus family. Health authorities in Kampala confirmed that one patient has died – a nurse who had sought treatment at various other medical facilities after developing […]World News in Brief: Hostilities in northeast Syria, response plan in Mali, Uyghur deportations in Thailand
January 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued an alert on Tuesday over intensifying hostilities in the northeast in recent days. Between 16 and 18 January, at least three civilians were killed and 14 injured in shelling and other attacks impacting Manbij, Ain al-Arab […]World News in Brief: Sudan food crisis update, justice in Thailand, UN can solve global problems
October 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Sudan’s humanitarian crisis continues to deepen, with ongoing fighting between rival militaries displacing millions. The World Food Programme (WFP) has increased its humanitarian response in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged areas, particularly in Darfur, where the risk of widespread famine looms. Since the reopening of the Adre border in August, […]UN rights chief ‘deeply troubled’ by dissolution of Thailand’s Move Forward Party
August 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday that a decision of the Constitutional Court in Thailand to dissolve the country’s largest political party was deeply troubling and that it undermined democratic processes and restricted political pluralism. The court also banned the Move Forward […]What Thailand can teach us about mental health
February 25, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Amornthep Sachamuneewongse, Founder, Sati App If we do not increase our efforts to tackle mental health problems, the global economy could lose up to $16 trillion by 2030; In Thailand, more than 3 million people live with poor […]Thailand gave healthcare to its entire population and the results were dramatic
April 16, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Formative Content You only have to look at the highly politicized troubles around the introduction of the act known as Obamacare in the US to see how fraught overhauling a healthcare system can be. The country’s Affordable […]My experience living with depression and schizophrenia in Thailand
December 21, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Living with depression and schizophrenia has not been easy. When I first started complaining about my head to my family in 2015, they took me to the hospital, where a doctor recommended an MRI scan. The MRI came out […]Climate negotiations on the road to a strong Paris agreement rulebook
May 9, 2018 by 3 Comments
The UN climate change negotiations are concluding tomorrow in Bonn after ten days in the German city aiming at developing the final text for the Paris agreement rulebook. However, this is not going to happen before COP24 scheduled in December 2018, according to the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Patricia […]Brexit: The Conservative Party drives the UK and Europe to a perilous road
October 9, 2017 by Leave a Comment
The Tories, the governing party of Britain is falling apart, being deeply divided about the kind of Brexit their country should pursue. It’s not the disastrous political circumstances of Prime Minister Theresa May that blocks the negotiations with the European Union, but the chaos dividing the hard Brexiteers from their colleagues preferring a smooth partition […]Should Europe be afraid of the developing world?
January 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
China and India are undoubtedly the two heavyweights of the developing world. On their foot-steps one can categorise also Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and some more countries of South East Asia. Yes, those are the tigers of growth, based on the iron willingness of their people to secure a more or less comfortable life, after […]
