‘Women are not victims’: Türk calls for women to be at the heart of peace and security
Women must be at the centre of efforts to prevent conflict and build lasting peace, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday.
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Nepal floods threaten jobs and livelihoods beyond disaster zone: ILO
The deadly flash floods in northern Nepal have severely disrupted employment and livelihoods, with wider impacts beyond communities that were directly affected, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a preliminary assessment released on Thursday.
Ebola response faces setback as transit centre burns down in DR Congo camp
The enormous challenge of halting the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just became even harder after a key transit centre for patients requiring treatment burned down in Ituri province.
Council adopts new rules on return for those with no right to stay in the EU
The Council gave its final green light to new EU rules enabling more effective returns for those with no right to stay in the EU.
APOD: 2026 October 1 – Harvest Moon with Erupting Mount Etna
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 1 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written…
An Agricultural “Island” in the Saskatchewan River Delta
Surrounded by wetlands, Manitoba’s northernmost farmland near The Pas turns from green to brown over the 2026 growing season.
DDG Nordquist: Trade continues apace, showing resiliency
Speaking at a panel on leadership in global trade at the 17th Swiss Coffee Trade Association (SCTA) Forum on 1 October in Montreux, Deputy Director-General DJ Nordquist said that the WTO and its basic functions are increasingly important as geopolitics and economic security now play a much bigger…
Co-sponsors of Plastics Dialogue hold first round of technical discussions following MC14
At a meeting on 1 October 2026, WTO members participating in the Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (DPP) held the first substantive round of discussions across four areas of work: circular solutions to plastics pollution; waste-management technologies; single-use plastics; and trade-related plastics measures. Building…
Director-General cites concerns with pace of negotiations as chairs report on state of play
A meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 1 October provided WTO members with an opportunity to take stock of the WTO's negotiating agenda six months after the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaoundé and voice their views on how to advance their work. Members heard readouts…
Curiosity Blog, Sols 5016–5021: Fantastic Minerals and How To Detect Them
Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 18, 2026 Curiosity surprised us at the beginning of the week with a change in rock texture — instead of the finely layered bedrock blocks we’ve been seeing in our recent…
Help Overlap Zoo Reveal Cosmic Dust
Galaxies, vast collections of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity, are scattered across the immensity of space. But every so often, a coincidence occurs: Two galaxies line up from our point of view on Earth (or from a space telescope) and appear to overlap…
NASA Adds New Science Investigations for Moon Base
NASA selected three new scientific investigations and their payload suites to advance our knowledge of the Moon and help pave the way for building humanity’s first lunar outpost, Moon Base. The suite of science instruments and technologies was selected through NASA’s Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface…