Climate
SG says Global Economy Must Move Beyond GDP - UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that humanity's future requires radically transforming the global economy to stop rewarding pollution and waste. Speaking to The Guardian, he called for moving beyond GDP as a measure of progress, noting "when we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP." In January, the UN held a conference in Geneva where senior economists including Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz were tasked with devising new measures that take human wellbeing, sustainability and equity into account.
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How much and when will the US pay? - The United Nations is waiting to learn how much of the nearly $4 billion owed by the United States will be paid after the Trump administration announced plans for a down payment, ABC News reports. The US owes $2.2 billion to the regular budget and $1.8 billion for peacekeeping. The Trump administration paid nothing in 2025.
Palestine - West Bank
Israeli announcements on the future of the West Bank have drawn global denunciations. Ministerr Israel Katz vowed to "kill the idea of a Palestinian state," The Guardian reports. The measures transfer building authority in Hebron to Israeli administration, allow non-Arab property purchases, and place settlements under direct Israeli control. A joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, UAE, Pakistan, Indonesia and Turkey warned the decisions would "inflame violence and endanger regional stability. Israeli measures extending control over the West Bank have also drawn condemnation from the US, UK, EU and Arab nations after Defence Minister
Palestine - West Bank
Israeli announcements on the future of the West Bank have drawn global denunciations. Ministerr Israel Katz vowed to "kill the idea of a Palestinian state," The Guardian reports. The measures transfer building authority in Hebron to Israeli administration, allow non-Arab property purchases, and place settlements under direct Israeli control. A joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, UAE, Pakistan, Indonesia and Turkey warned the decisions would "inflame violence and endanger regional stability. Israeli measures extending control over the West Bank have also drawn condemnation from the US, UK, EU and Arab nations after Defence Minister
Syria
Detainee camps - Women and children in Syria's al-Roj camp for Islamic State detainees are facing beatings, threats and family separations during nightly raids as control transfers from Kurdish authorities to the Syrian government, Middle East Eye reports. Female detainees told MEE they are forced from tents, stripped of warm clothing and doused with water in freezing temperatures, with some beaten unconscious. Families report being asked to pay $2,000 for the return of children taken from mothers, while activists remain unsure who actually controls the camp where tens of thousands have been held since 2019.
Sudan
UNICEF reports that recent escalation of the conflict in North Darfur over 22,000 women and children accessed UNICEF-supported primary health care in the past two weeks according to a Humanitarian Flash Update In Kordofan, over 88,000 people have fled since late October with the region now hosting more than 1 million internally displaced persons.
Sudan Discusses Water Sector Support with UNICEF - Sudan's Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation discussed urgent water sector reconstruction with UNICEF Country Director Whit Shelton, emphasizing that the water sector is among the most affected by RSF destruction, according to an article in Sudan Horizon.
East and Southern AFRICA
Child Labour - Nearly 41 million children—one in five—are engaged in child labour in Eastern and Southern Africa, accounting for almost one third of the global total, according to a new UNICEF report. While prevalence has declined from 26 percent in 2020 to 20 percent today, two thirds of children in child labour are under age 12 and 13.4 million are in hazardous work. Six in ten adolescents aged 15-17 in child labour are not attending school. UNICEF warns that recent gains remain fragile against risks from climate change, conflict and economic instability.
USA
Measles Outbreak in ICE Detention Facility - Two people detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, have been confirmed with measles, exposing children and families to one of the most contagious viruses known to medicine. Writing in STAT, infectious diseases physician Krutika Kuppalli calls the outbreak "the foreseeable result of policy choices that confine people without basic health protections."
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Measles Outbreak in ICE Detention Facility - Two people detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, have been confirmed with measles, exposing children and families to one of the most contagious viruses known to medicine. Writing in STAT, infectious diseases physician Krutika Kuppalli calls the outbreak "the foreseeable result of policy choices that confine people without basic health protections."
The outbreak comes amid a rapid measles resurgence with 588 confirmed US cases this year following 2,267 cases in 2025. During the outbreak announcement, 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father were released from the facility, illustrating how individuals can move from outbreak settings directly into communities.
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