"Impunity is the exercise of power without accountability or responsibility. And when we look at the death toll of civilians in conflict around the world, you can see that this is an age of impunity."
@RESCUEorg CEO @DMiliband speaks to Amna Nawaz on the "new world disorder."
"65 wars, 800M people in humanitarian need, 300M people hungry — let's not avert our eyes from that," @RESCUEorg CEO @DMiliband tells Amna Nawaz.
"Because this is a world that has more resources to do more good than any time in human history. So the fact that we're doing less good is an indictment."
I don't think anyone could look at drought in Afghanistan or flooding in Somalia, and say climate change is a hoax.
Yet this year there has been much more coverage of the need for air conditioning in Europe than of any of these crises — this needs to change.
Today, I spoke on this and more at @Independent's #Climate100 event: https://t.co/vlTALwVAkD
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV - "Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
10 If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up."
Seekor kukang yang berstatus sebagai hewan dilindungi terpaksa dievakuasi setelah tersengat aliran listrik di area permukiman warga. Kepanikan ekstrem untuk menyelamatkan diri dari kepungan kobaran api yang mendekati habitatnya diduga kuat menjadi pemicu satwa langka ini nekat memanjat tiang listrik, hingga menderita luka sengatan yang cukup serius pada bagian mulut dan perut. Beruntung, tim penyelamat berhasil mengevakuasi kukang malang tersebut dalam kondisi selamat.
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Question: How has the U.S. retreat from from foreign aid impacted humanitarian missions? Do fewer dollars mean more deaths?
@DMiliband, IRC: “Yes. The U.S. was the anchor of the global aid system….They have committed to keep some quote-unquote life-saving programs. But we know that the definition of that is very narrow indeed. And recent studies from Boston university and elsewhere show hundreds of thousands of people losing their lives.”
But this problem is solvable. Here’s how.
First, we can invest in what’s already proven to work in crises: cash assistance, simplified malnutrition treatment, and flexible education models.
One in four young people aged 16 to 24 are struggling with mental health issues - according to a major independent review commissioned by the government.
Professor Peter Fonagy, who led the investigation, dismissed claims that the current young generation are "snowflakes" - and said there had been a significant rise in distress, anxiety and depression.
Two Palestinian children sit beside their mother’s grave after she was killed by Israeli gunfire in central Gaza. The arms they once ran to for comfort are the very ones they have lost.
He didn't break the law out of greed. He broke it out of love. Standing in court, head in his hands, shivering in an orange jumpsuit, he looked like just another criminal facing fraud charges. But the file on the judge's desk told a different story. He'd written a bad check for thousands of dollars. Not for a new car or a vacation, but at a pharmacy counter. When the insurance company denied his mother's life-saving medication, panic took over. He knew the check would bounce, but he also knew it was the only way to get the medicine she needed to survive the week. Now, he faced prison time for that desperation. And as he stood there weeping, his only thought wasn't about jail, but about who would take care of her if he was gone. He braced himself for sentencing. But the judge didn't bring down his gavel. In a moment that stunned the entire room, she stood, leaned across the bench, and wrapped her arms around him. She didn't see a con artist; she saw a loving son pushed to the brink. Holding his face in her hands, she looked him in the eye and delivered the life-changing verdict: 'It's over. I'm dropping the charges. You deserve a second chance, and I believe you can take advantage of it.' She didn't just give him back his freedom; she gave him the challenge of going home, taking care of his family, and making this mercy matter. Sometimes, justice isn't just about punishment. It's about understanding. Do you think the judge made the right decision by looking at the 'why' instead of just the 'what'?
Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother was euthanised against her will under Canada's assisted dying system - she died covered in blood with her hands clasped in prayer https://t.co/u50K1sT75X
Good man
He's put up the sign himself following a 10-month campaign sparked by concerns over hedgehog deaths on the village's roads.
Find out more: https://t.co/DPfQhWsybO
More than 30 years ago, a Japanese diver working at an underwater shrine noticed the same wild fish kept coming around.
He named her Yoriko.
Then something happened that changed their relationship completely.
She still lives wild in the ocean. He’s now in his 70s.
And somehow, after all these years, she still knows when it’s him.
CANADA 🇨🇦
There is global disgust after an 83 year old grandmother was put down in brutal fashion in Belleville, Ontario
Brigitte Stegemann was suffering from cancer and opposed Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia due to her Christian beliefs
When her family were away for a number of days, doctors talked privately with her and said that she expressed desire to be killed with their help. In later assessments, the partially blind and deaf Stegemann showed confusion and was shocked when told that she agreed to be put down.
She died with her hands clasped in prayer and covered in her own blood after a botched IV attempt
State Assisted Suicide now accounts for 1 in every 20 deaths in Canada
Her family says she had already rejected assisted death. Weeks later, 83-year-old Brigitte Stegemann was killed under Canada’s physician-assisted suicide program.
Stegemann’s granddaughter says everything changed while she was away on a 10-day trip. During that time, the care home arranged a MAiD assessment, and the family alleges Stegemann was showing cognitive decline and became distraught when told the procedure would end her life.
Now the family wants to know how the Christian grandmother was approved for an assisted death despite those concerns.
The granddaughter describes the questions Stegemann allegedly struggled to answer before her death: https://t.co/teQLYiFzZ2
South African ostrich farms are using mechanical pluckers to remove feathers from living birds destined for major luxury fashion brands in techniques that are cruel and painful, animal welfare group World Animal Protection says
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