Global news (29 maggio 2026)

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Armenia (Ray Furlong, Hannah Kaviani and Robert Zargaryan - RFE/RL) Armenia has staged a Republic Day military parade showcasing hardware including rocket launchers, drones, and armored vehicles from countries such as France and India --...

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Chinese Hackers Exploit Iran War to Target Maritime and Energy Companies

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(Danny Palmer - Infosecurity Magazine) Hacking groups linked to China have exploited the war in the Middle East in attempts to compromise maritime and...

Iraq Forms New Government amid Regional Turmoil

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(Lahib Higel - Crisis Group) On 14 May, six months after general elections were held in November 2025, Iraq’s parliament approved a still-incomplete government...

Right and Left Vie for Victory in Colombia under U.S. Shadow

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(Crisis Group) Colombians will vote for a new president on 31 May at the end of a polarised campaign marked by sharply contrasting views...
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Global: Enormous data pipelines powering major generative AI systems are rooted in mass invasions of privacy by...

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(Amnesty International) Companies are extracting vast troves of online data through unlawful web scraping to build their generative artificial...

Sri Lanka: Malaiyaha Tamil workers in private tea estates suffer serious labour abuses – new report

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(Amnesty International) Malaiyaha Tamils working on private tea estates and smallholdings in Sri Lanka are being subjected to abuses...

From favelas to informal settlements, new UN report points to housing solutions that work

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(UN News) From Thailand to Jordan, from Brazil to Germany, new approaches to housing are quietly taking shape. Residents of informal settlements once facing...

Hong Kong: Activists’ unjust trial for peaceful Tiananmen commemoration resumes

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(Amnesty International) Responding to the resumption of the trial of activists who organized Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong, Amnesty International Hong Kong’s spokesperson Fernando...

Housing crisis takes centre stage at World Urban Forum in Baku

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(UN News) Now is the time to place housing at the heart of sustainable development. That was the message delivered on Monday by UN...

Council of Europe highlights role of democracy and AI governance in security

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(DigWatch) The Council of Europe has called for a legal and democratic framework for European security in its 2026 annual report, warning that the...

Executions surge to highest recorded figure in 44 years

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(Amnesty International) Executions in 2025 soared to the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 1981, with 2,707 people executed across 17 countries, revealed...

Reimagining Health Systems for Sustainable Food Futures in the Global South

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(Subhasree Ray - Observer Research Foundation) Health systems and food systems are deeply interconnected, yet they continue to function in relative isolation across much...

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Chinese Hackers Exploit Iran War to Target Maritime and Energy Companies

(Danny Palmer - Infosecurity Magazine) Hacking groups linked to China have exploited the war in the Middle East in attempts to compromise maritime and...

Iraq Forms New Government amid Regional Turmoil

(Lahib Higel - Crisis Group) On 14 May, six months after general elections were held in November 2025, Iraq’s parliament approved a still-incomplete government...

Right and Left Vie for Victory in Colombia under U.S. Shadow

(Crisis Group) Colombians will vote for a new president on 31 May at the end of a polarised campaign marked by sharply contrasting views...

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Women leaders unite to advance gender equality, defend multilateralism amid growing global pushback

(UN News) The Secretary-General’s commitment towards women leadership in the United Nations was recognized at a pivotal moment marked by global uncertainty, economic volatility...

Justice for Women and Girls: An Assessment of the 70th UN Commission on the Status of Women

(Emma Ulvin, Noël James - Council on Foreign Relations) This year, at the UN’s largest annual gathering on women’s rights, the 70th Session of...

How Trump’s New Global Gag Rules Will Undermine US Interests Abroad

(Ari Shaw and Laurel Sprague - Just Security) For four decades, the Mexico City Policy—commonly known as the Global Gag Rule—has been a political...

Ecuador: Court Affirms Adolescents’ Right to Gender Recognition

(Human Rights Watch) Ecuador’s Constitutional Court’s ruling, made public on March 10, 2026, that people under 18 cannot automatically be refused a request to...

AU Should Strengthen its Framework to Curb Violence Against Women

(Juliana Nnoko - Human Rights Watch) Violence against women and girls in Africa demands urgent action. As of 2023, it is estimated that one...

If NATO Cannot Protect Everyone, It Cannot Defend Anyone

(Diana Morais, Samantha Turner and Katharine A.M. Wright - RUSI) This International Women’s Day falls during a moment of profound geopolitical challenge. The US...

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Global: Enormous data pipelines powering major generative AI systems are rooted in mass invasions of privacy by design

(Amnesty International) Companies are extracting vast troves of online data through unlawful web scraping to build their generative artificial intelligence (AI) products in a...

Who Is Accountable When AI Goes Global?

(Tony Oweke - Council on Foreign Relations) Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly being deployed across borders with no accountability to the populations they...

L’umanità è magnifica. E complessa / Humanity is magnificent. And complex

(Marco Emanuele)  Leone XIV incarna perfettamente il mestiere del Papa. In linea con i suoi predecessori, Prevost traccia la linea strategica del suo Pontificato: il...

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