Despite its shortcomings, the UN remains indispensable. Trump, ‘the fixer,’ should help fix these inadequacies, not by defunding their essential work but by leading efforts with other countries to make these agencies proficient & effective, ✍️ @AlonBenMeir

The loss of foreign development aid and Taliban rights violations have caused a catastrophic health crisis in Afghanistan that is disproportionately harming women and girls, says Fereshta Abbasi, a researcher of Afghanistan at @HRW

Despite challenges, there are promising signs of economic transformation in Benin: growth has been strong, fiscal adjustment is proceeding while allowing for a significant increase in social spending, and efforts to strengthen governance are gaining ground

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two high-ranking Taliban leaders: Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, citing crimes of gender-based persecution

Billionaire wealth-accumulation has accelerated threefold, along with their growing power. Meanwhile, the number of people living in poverty (around 3.5 billion) has barely changed since 1990, finds @oxfam

The humanitarian situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate as armed gangs expand their control in Port-Au-Prince and escalate acts of violence throughout the nation

Taxing the super-rich worldwide is vital: it won’t only raise essential revenue to provide essential services and prevent the most vulnerable from slipping deeper into poverty; it will also help restore democracy, ✍️@AttiyaWaris & @benphillips76

Antisemitic tropes and beliefs are becoming alarmingly normalized across societies worldwide - Even in countries with the lowest levels of antisemitism, a small, vocal and violent minority perpetrates antisemitic incidents, says Marina Rosenberg, @ADL

If Trump dares to forcefully take Greenland and the Panama Canal, the UN, EU & OAS will be unable to counter him effectively in the short run. But in the long run, Trump’s policies and actions will alienate America’s closest allies, says @KulCGautam

Ending the fentanyl crisis won’t be easy. The U.S. has an addiction problem that spans decades – long predating the rise of fentanyl – and countless attempts to regulate, legislate and incarcerate have done little to reduce drug consumption

The president must take action with Congress and the Supreme Court ensuring policies that will return America to the wonderful, youthful, productive, energetic populations of its recent past. It’s time to make America young again! ✍️Joseph Chamie

🌱 A solution for Brazil’s degraded lands: Micro-dams—barraginhas in Portuguese—are reviving ecosystems across 90 million hectares of degraded land! 💧 Fighting water scarcity & erosion, they’re reviving ecosystems. Watch the impact unfold in the video

Maduro’s inauguration is the latest step in Venezuela's shift from a beacon of leftist democratic aspirations to a full-blown authoritarian regime, where the last shred of legitimacy, popular election, has now vanished, ✍️ @inespousadela, @CIVICUSalliance

To suggest that the US can unilaterally take land from a UN member state, let alone a NATO ally in the case of Greenland, is pure folly - Trump must remember that America First is best served when America is respected, not feared, says @AlonBenMeir

Regional bodies & the UN have stayed largely silent on the Amhara conflict, drawing criticism for their inaction. The African Union has been quiet even as Amhara people are detained near its Addis Ababa offices, say H Mandefro & H Ashagray @CIVICUSalliance

This isn’t the first time Trump has used trade policy to pressure China on fentanyl – he did so in his first term. But while China made some policy changes in response, fentanyl deaths in the U.S. continued to rise

An unprecedented opposition unity and growing international support, as progressive Latin American governments distance themselves from Maduro, could drive Venezuela's democratic transition, ✍️ @inespousadela, @CIVICUSalliance

🎥 VIDEO: In 2019, then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the Maya Train an engine of development for the Yucatan.🚆 But one year after 3 of the 5 established routes began operating, there is little evidence of the promised benefits. Watch now:

Trump’s ominous threat to take over the Panama Canal and Greenland sets the stage for a new political battle with the United Nations. But judging by its track record of failures, the world body may lose again while battling a veto-wielding superpower

Billionaire wealth-accumulation has accelerated threefold, along with their growing power. Meanwhile, the number of people living in poverty (around 3.5 billion) has barely changed since 1990, finds @oxfam