More than 30 Bangladeshi migrants drown after migrant boat capsizes in the Mediterranean
According to reports, around 60 people ended up dead or missing among the 75 people on the boat that was headed to Italy from a northern Libyan port
Tens of thousands of Colombians march in defense of water and life
More than 50,000 people mobilized in defense of the Santurbán páramo and against the gold mining project of the company Sociedad Minera de Santander-Minesa
US moves to evict activists from the Venezuelan embassy in Washington
For months now, US has been considering military intervention in Venezuela in Guaido’s favor, a prospect that the latter has welcomed in his bid to oust Maduro.
Hospital staff in Ohio go on strike over health care costs and overtime policies
Over 2,000 nurses, medical technicians, pharmacists surgical aides and support staff at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo took part in the strike that began on May 6
Trump pardons former US soldier who was found guilty of murdering an unarmed Iraqi detainee
Michael Behenna was found guilty of murdering Ali Mansur Mohamed in 2008 and was subsequently sentenced to 25 years in prison by a military jury
ICC to judge on prosecutor’s appeal against investigation of Gaza flotilla incident
The appeal was filed against Comoros, which was granted another application to reopen the case of attack on Gaza Freedom Flotilla by Israel, in 2010
Arizona students protest classmate’s detention by Border Patrol
Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigration has become an acute issue for immigrant students who are being increasingly targeted by the federal authorities
Nature at its most perilous state ever, says IPBES Global Assessment Report
According to the report, the only way ahead is transformative changes to economic, political and social systems that must be be adopted by the countries of the world