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[NCPACS 🌻 @NCPACS]

For new cut of a compelling video featuring 2021 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient @mariaressa speaking about Information Disorders & Journalism from 16 March 2021, see https://t.co/JjZNeOLayr on YouTube or https://t.co/WRNA0BCDea on Facebook. #Disinformation #Misinformation

[Jordan D. Ryan @JDRnow]

The next UN Secretary-General will take office at a moment of systemic strain—not incremental reform.

Drawing on discussions within the Peace Reflection Group (PRG), this piece sets out what the role now demands.

Published by the Toda Peace Institute:
https://t.co/cvcvOwebL6

[World Meteorological Organization @WMO]

The South Asia Heat and Health Hub is here!

South Asian countries are among the most vulnerable to extreme heat. In the region, the hub aims to deliver:
🚨 clearer alerts
🕜 safer work hours
🍃 timely cooling actions
📜 strengthened policy advice
& more.

https://t.co/pBodYu9gxG

[Nalin K. 🇱🇰 |  @CrazyNalin]

Crowdsourced updates on Fuel Availability : https://t.co/EfNZtEUnce

1.See the nearest fuel station based on your location 2.Check availability of Petrol 92 / 95, Diesel & Super Diesel & update
3.Filter, search stations.
4.See if a station is open/closed + last updated time. #lka

[Lee Brown @leebrown2]

Goosebumps! People often ask, is Shakespeare still relevant? Here is a great example, from the Steven Colbert Show, in which Sir Ian McKellen delivers an extraordinary speech. Shakespeare’s words are timeless, urgent and important.

#Shakespeare #ianmckellen #stevencolbert

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Democrat Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor of New York City, taking the oath of office at an historic subway station in Manhattan. https://t.co/eyI9icGh87

[Robert Patman @Robert_Patman]

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa, Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale and I analysis Trump's National Security Strategy (NSS) document and the normalising of the populist radical right narrative. The Hoon for Thursday 11th December 2025 https://t.co/E4id2cI1Fh via @YouTube

[Kevin Clements @kpclements]

Casting a Long Shadow: Trump 2.0’s Impact on Aotearoa New Zealand | Toda Peace Institute https://t.co/kETymfyGOw

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

Hate & disinformation are being weaponized to turn something deeply human—who we are & who we love—into a culture war.

But love isn't a threat—it's what connects us as one human family.

On #IDAHOBIT & every day, I stand with the #LGBTIQ+ community for dignity & equality for all

[WomenAotearoaNZ @WeavingHouse]

#NZ IMPORTANT read 👇

#PayEquity #PowerInUnion #Feminist

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

On May 15, Palestinians mark the Nakba. What began in 1948 remains the world’s longest unresolved refugee crisis.

[NCPACS 🌻 @NCPACS]

Call for Applications: 2025 Fuller Fellowship in Peacebuilding https://t.co/DrAMrsdAHi

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, an insurgent group that has fought Turkey for four decades, said it would lay down its arms and end the conflict. https://t.co/CLA8L4PZ9c

[Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat]

Shortcomings include vague and broad terms that can be arbitrarily interpreted, data protection authority with broad powers that isn’t independent, power imbalance between data controllers and citizens and failure to include journalistic exemption https://t.co/z0FtzkqVu9

[Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat]

Civil society organizations and activists write to Prez @anuradisanayake requesting him to withdraw the proposed amendment to the Personal Data Protection Act No 9 of 2022 as it doesn’t rectify shortcomings in Act. At the time NPP also criticized the Act.

[Donna Miles دانا مجاب @UnPressed]

Full page open letter to New Zealand Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, published in the country’s major newspapers.

Stop Israel’s industrial-scale killings and starvation of Palestinians.

[Robert Patman @Robert_Patman]

Prof Phillips O'Brien nails it. Liberal democracies, including NZ, need to stop deluding themselves. Trump has switched to Russia's side and Ukraine faces the prospect of both America and China backing Putin's invasion of Ukraine: https://t.co/ITqdv0kFxL via @YouTube

[Alliance for Peacebuilding @AfPeacebuilding]

🚨 Fellowship Alert🚨

@Rotary is now accepting applications for their 2026-2027 #PeaceFellowship. The fellowship helps develop the capacity of #peacebuilding & #development professionals. Applications are due by May 15th.

Learn more & apply below:

https://t.co/4AREkeeiaN

[Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones]

Heartbreaking 💔

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Israel's bombardment of Gaza continues, killing at least 65 Palestinians on Monday, including Al Jazeera reporter Hossam Shabat, and displacing over 124,000 others.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://t.co/AYgq4ciZJp

[Irene Khan @Irenekhan]

👇🏼we protest US govt’s threat to arrest/deport #Khalil & other student activists. Peaceful advocacy of #Palestinians #HumanRights is legitimate #FreedomofExpression. No one shd be punished for exercising their fundamental rights.
#FreeKhalil