By Thalif Deen – UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared last week that the United Nations just “managed to survive its deepest financial crisis in a decade.” But if countries continue to default on their assessed contributions to the world body – as 47 countries did in 2019 —…

By Erol Avdović (WEBPUBLICAPRES / United Nations) New York - When, 75 years agoon that cold January 1945, the Russian Red Army liberated the prisoners of most notorious and deadliest Nazi concentration camp the Auschwitz, one more horrific page of the history of human suffering at its worst was turned.…

By Manuela Kasper-Claridge (DW) - Davos is a picturesque holiday resort in Switzerland. And, once every year, it hosts the World Economic Forum. The summit is no longer the elitist gathering it once was, DW (Deutsche Welle) reports. It’s easy to bash the World Economic Forum (WEF). About 3,000 attendees are expected to…

Analysis by Erol Avdović (WebpublicaPress – UNITED NATIONS) – Strong words that were heard at the UN Security Council in a special debate on upholding and maintainig the United Nations Charter, especially when the most powerful countries in the world, led by the United States spoke – were a true…

By Barbara Weisel(DW) - The EU’s top diplomat has hailed the Berlin talks on Libya as a major success for German foreign policy. Next up is the tough task of enacting a permanent cease-fire, to be monitored by the bloc. Barbara Wesel reports. Key international actors involved in the Libyan conflict met…

By Thalif Deen – UNITED NATIONS  - As the United Nations commemorates its 75th anniversary this year, the financially-crippled Organization is also saddled with a rash of administrative problems, plus an ongoing cash crisis, perhaps one of the worst in history. At a town hall meeting with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last…

(WEBPUBLICAPRESS) New York – The number of people living in the EU’s largest nation is only increasing due to migration, according to official statistics. However, concerns over an aging population remain DW (Deutsche Welle) reported.   Germany’s population continues to grow but at a slower rate than at any time since 2012,…