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Greenpeace Asks Norway's Supreme Court to Rule on Arctic Oil
February 26, 2020
Greenpeace and its partners on Monday asked Norway’s supreme court to rule on the legality of the country’s Arctic oil and gas exploration licenses, in a case that could block the petroleum industry’s expansion plans.
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Greenpeace Faces Hefty Fine After Admitting Defying Court Order
February 26, 2020
According to The Guardian, Greenpeace faces a heavy fine after admitting that its climate activists boarded a North Sea oil rig in defiance of a court order in 2019.
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U.S. Launches The First-Ever International Religious Freedom Alliance
February 19, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has launched the International Religious Freedom Alliance of countries seeking to reduce acts of violence based on religion or belief, assist the victims and survivors, prosecute the perpetrators, and protect the communities from re-occurrence of such acts.
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UN Official Urges Action to Limit AI-Powered Weapons
February 14, 2020
In an interview with Politico, Izumi Nakamitsu, the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Disarmament Affairs, expressed hope that agreement could still be reached on key measures contained in the UN’s Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons relating to regulation of lethal autonomous weapons, known as “killer robots.”
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WHO Chief Warns of Global Consequences of Coronavirus
February 12, 2020
World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus describes the Coronavirus, now formally named COVID-19, as a very grave global threat that could create significant political, social and economic upheaval.
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