Protesters braved extreme heat in Seville on Sunday to call for debt relief, fairer taxation, and climate action on the eve of a major United Nations summit on global development.
Activists marched through the scorching streets of Seville on Sunday, demanding debt cancellation, climate justice, and higher taxes on the super rich, just ahead of a key UN summit on financing development.
The four-day summit—held once every decade—aims to tackle global issues such as poverty, disease, and climate change by shaping the next development framework. But hopes for meaningful progress have been tempered by the United States’ withdrawal and a declining commitment to foreign aid from wealthier nations.
Greenpeace protesters carried banners reading 'Make Human Rights Great Again,' 'Tax Justice Now,' and 'Make Polluters Pay.'
Beauty Narteh of Ghana’s Anti-Corruption Coalition called for a fairer tax system and “dignity, not handouts.” Ndiaye Bousso of the Africa Development Interchange Network urged both public and private sectors to show greater solidarity with developing nations.
Despite the challenges, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the mere fact the summit is taking place amid global conflict is itself a reason for hope.
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Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains limited on Thursday, with no increase in vessel crossings as U.S.-Iran talks to resolve the conflict remained stalled. Nine commodity vessels transited the key waterway on Wednesday, unchanged from the previous day, according to Kpler data.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed, according to the latest data, as uncertainty over the waterway’s reopening kept most shipowners away. Six commodity vessels crossed the strait on Tuesday, down from nine the day before and below the 10-day daily average of 11.
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Five years after Evergrande's debt crisis rattled global markets, founder Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life in prison, marking a dramatic new chapter in the downfall of China's former property giant.
Russian ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has killed at least sixteen people and injured more than forty others, Ukrainian officials said, with fires reported across the city and Poland activating defensive air operations.
Russia is open to listening to new proposals on how to reach a settlement on the Ukraine conflict, a senior Russian diplomat said, but any proposals should reflect the "realities on the ground".
Nearly 100 days after dozens of children were abducted from a school in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State, parents have taken to the streets to demand urgent government action to bring them home.
China and Indonesia have agreed to strengthen military ties and deepen cooperation in minerals, energy and technology as Jakarta balances relations with Beijing and Washington amid economic and geopolitical tensions.
An international conference in Baku on 21 August is putting Belgium’s colonial record in Africa under renewed scrutiny. Officials, United Nations experts, researchers and human rights advocates are gathering to discuss whether the country has done enough to address the legacy of its rule.
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