News and reports from North, Central and South America.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) members participated in the historic FDA hearing, then hosted more than 150 advocates, researchers, clinicians, and community members at a community event to discuss the hearing and what comes next.
Labour’s electoral setbacks, an American protest vote and gains for the French left show how outrage over Gaza is reaching the ballot box — as Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja is arrested outside Labour’s conference.
Documents collated in a new book challenge five centuries of history by identifying Columbus as a prince born on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Pennsylvania Great-Great-Great-Grandmother Enjoys Party Surrounded by Generations of Family
Bowed heads and refused handshakes marked Ireland’s victory over Israel. Behind the protests lies the destruction of Palestinian sporting life: footballers killed, athletes losing limbs, and grounds reduced to rubble or turned into shelters.
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor have brought Israeli military insiders’ accounts of mass civilian killing to an American audience, confronting citizenship threats, official denunciations and the responsibility of the country funding Israel’s armed forces.
Micheál Martin warns of a reckoning when Gaza’s full horrors are revealed. Satellite assessments document damage across more than four-fifths of its structures, while Israel’s restrictions on independent foreign reporting continue to obstruct scrutiny and families face another winter in tents and unsafe buildings.
A mother preparing for another child after losing three, a boy working through his childhood, a displaced grandmother, a lecturer and a skateboarder reveal how war has transformed the most ordinary acts of living.
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called Gaza a concentration camp as world leaders confronted Israel over genocide allegations, demanded protection for Palestinians and questioned whether international law could survive without enforcement.
Thirty-five years ago Seymour Hersh dragged Israel's secret bomb into daylight, along with the doctrine of last-resort annihilation built around it and the American officials who chose not to see either. Reread now – with Israel fighting on every front and the paymaster in Washington finally wavering – 'The Samson Option' is the most unsettling book on any shelf.
Iran called for Israel’s expulsion from the UN as Türkiye and Qatar rejected the Israeli prime minister’s attacks. Outside, police arrested protesters opposing his visit.
Silicon Valley veteran and global transformation leader Jennifer Vessels warns that outdated leadership practices are leaving organisations ill-equipped for the age of AI, ahead of the publication of her new Wiley book, Emergence: How Leaders Break Free from Outdated Thinking, on 22 October.
Rocket Mixer’s Coast-to-Coast Startup Lab challenges builders to create working products during 72-hour train journey from NYC to SF Tech Week
Employers of Record (EoRs) have become an increasingly prominent feature of international workforce strategies, enabling organizations to engage talent in new markets without establishing a local legal entity.
United Exploration Partners V, LLC (“UXPV” or “United”) today announced the successful closing of its acquisition of certain oil and natural gas assets from Winding River Energy Services, Inc. (“WRES”).
Alaa Hessi named her newborn Waseem after the eldest son she lost. In the final weeks of her pregnancy, she was living in a tent above her destroyed home, struggling to find nourishment and a safe place for her baby.
Former Surest Chief Health Officer and Blue Shield of California senior executive brings a proven track record of healthcare innovation, person-centered benefit design, and clinical leadership as PotentiaMetrics enters its next phase of growth
More than two years after Navi Pillay presented findings of extermination, forcible transfer and starvation, new UN reports have widened the record. Arrest warrants remain outstanding, while the ICJ’s written timetable runs to 2029.
Hearing damage is adding to the lasting injuries suffered by Gaza’s children, while humanitarian organisations warn that restrictions on treatment and supplies are prolonging the harm.
World Services Group (WSG) is pleased to announce the election of the 2026–2027 Board of Directors.
A vast memorial has carried the names of Palestinian children to the UN's doorstep, as research points to a much greater death toll and international arrest warrants address alleged crimes that include the starvation of children.
