data leak United Nations was hacked in July 2019 and kept it quiet, despite its own staff being at risk Xeni Jardin
international human rights day Today: Take part in an interactive online screening of "The Crossing" for Human Rights Day Cory Doctorow
climate emergency At the UN, Greta Thunberg excoriates world leaders and her elders for climate inaction Cory Doctorow
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chronic pain CBD is a non-psychoactive compound in marijuana that shows promise in epilepsy and pain therapy, so the DEA wants to class it with heroin Cory Doctorow
Foundation for a Smoke-Free World Tobacco giant Philip Morris is quietly funding an "anti-smoking" foundation offering $1 billion in "grants" to public health leaders Cory Doctorow
disaster preparedness The US has quit UNESCO, the UN agency that protects world heritage sites and teaches poor children to read Cory Doctorow
Vitaly Churkin Vitaly Churkin, Russian ambassador to the United Nations, dies suddenly, age 64 Xeni Jardin
shadow brokers In 2000, the NSA hacked the Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Cory Doctorow
double sawbuck The Vulnerable 20 Group: coalition of 20 countries threatened by climate change Cory Doctorow
li-ion Lithium batteries should be banned as cargo on passenger planes, says UN aviation watchdog Xeni Jardin
ulysses contract Julian Assange had promised to turn himself if the UN ruled his detention lawful Cory Doctorow
