‘Voor ons is het aanvaarden van het meest recente vredesakkoord voor Gaza geen politieke keuze.’

Belgen zijn in een mum van tijd verslaafd geraakt aan Chinese webshops als Shein, ook al beseft de meerderheid dat de kwaliteit niet altijd deugt. Een op de tien bestelt zelfs wekelijks een pakketje.

The image came from a video that showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trump falsely presented the photo as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans.

Recycling alone cannot be used to create a truly circular global economy because material consumption is increasing so sharply, according to a landmark new report from Deloitte Global and Circle Econo...

Unequal exchange theory posits that economic growth in the “advanced economies” of the global North relies on a large net appropriation of resources a…

In some of the Earth's most remote and inaccessible regions, there are traces of humankind.

Open access // by Peter Bengtsen (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, February 2025)

Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed more than four decades ago, but warned on Wednesday that full recovery may be ...

Trump administration used Alien Enemies Act to deport about 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador

Experts say legislation will prevent vulnerable people from accessing justice in latest government-backed crackdown

This briefing focuses on Gazprom’s business activities in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which are serviced by a range of accountancy and law firms. As the world’s largest gas producer, majority state-ow...

Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

The column was disapproving of paper’s new opinion policy of supporting only ‘personal liberties and free markets’

A study reveals that circular fashion (CF)—the practice of recycling, reselling, and renting clothing to reduce waste—might not be the green solution it claims to be.

Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the government to halt oil and gas projects that threaten their lands, presenting their case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...

De zorgplichtwet, die bedrijven verplicht uitbuiting en milieumisdaden aan te pakken, is nog geen jaar oud en de Europese Commissie plant ze al grondig bij te sturen. “Ik heb zelden zo’n spectaculaire ommezwaai gezien.”

The European Commission presented its first Omnibus simplification package, proposing sweeping changes to key legislation that was meant to ensure corporate accountability. If adopted, these drastic c...

Organisations that take extreme risks to document atrocities, corruption and war crimes fear for their future after USAid cuts

Antamina, in the Andes, makes billions thanks to the green tech boom. But locals say they are being poisoned by arsenic, losing their water and sinking further into poverty

The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian assistance in Colombia, conservation efforts in Brazil and coca eradication...

Gezamenlijke brief van mensenrechtenorganisaties, vakbonden en maatschappelijke organisaties

EU regulator Hielkema says governments and banks will struggle to pay for natural disasters

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