Sudan displacement doubles in one week, says IOM
Speaking at a press briefing at the United Nations in Geneva, IOM’s spokesperson Paul Dillon said that according to IOM’s Displacement Tracking…
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Iran: Over 200 executed since January; Türk calls for end to death penalty
More than 10 people are put to death each week in Iran, High Commissioner Türk said, making the country “one of the…
Haiti: International support needed now to stop spiralling gang violence
In the month of April alone, more than 600 people were killed in violence in the country’s capital, according to information gathered…
An elderly Japanese man opened a free cafe in Kharkiv
When Fuminori Tsuchiko arrived in the Ukrainian city last year, he told himself he wanted to do something to help people An…
How Modern Tech Makes Work Easier
There’s no denying that modern tech has massive advantages and benefits in life. Technology can be as simple as a phone app…
State of nature in Europe: Damaged ecosystems need restoration
News ItemPublished 09 May 2023 ImageStanislaw Pytel, Well with Nature/EEA European nature is not in a good state and it has shown…
One pregnant woman or newborn dies every 7 seconds: new UN report
The report, Improving maternal and newborn health and survival and reducing stillbirth, assesses the latest data, which have similar risk factors and causes, and tracks the…
Emma Maayan Fanar, Revelation through the Alphabet. Aniconism and Illustrated Initial Letters in Byzantine Artistic Imagination. La Pomme d’or, Geneva 2011.
https://www.pommedor.ch/revelation.html The book explores aniconic tendencies in the post-iconoclastic lectionaries, with special emphasis on illuminated initial letters, unravelling their sources and models…
Italy again protracts the resolution of the Lettori case
Over a month from the deadline given by the European Commission for the payment of settlements to foreign-language lecturers(Lettori) for decades of…
UN calls on Taliban to end corporal punishment in Afghanistan
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and must cease,” said UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that…