# read full story (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover read full story. Page: Feed: --- ## [Breaking the silence over sexual violence against men and boys in war](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/22/43876) _2026-08-22 · Global Issues News Headlines_ Conflicts can expose civilians and detainees to grave abuses; the challenge is not only to document these crimes, but also to ensure all survivors are recognised, protected and able to access justice and care. Read the full story, “Breaking the silence over sexual violence against men and boys in war”, on globalissues.org → ## [Lailuma Built Opportunities for Afghan Women – Then She Was Killed](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/21/43871) _2026-08-21 · Global Issues News Headlines_ FAYZABAD, Afghanistan, August 21 (IPS) - Afghanistan has seen a number of unexplained murders in recent months.One of the latest victims is Lailuma, the wife of well-known local singer Salam Maftoon and a community activist. Read the full story, “Lailuma Built Opportunities for Afghan Women – Then She Was Killed”, on globalissues.org → ## [Encroaching carp, barrier delays threaten Great Lakes ecosystem](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260821-delays) _2026-08-21 · Laura Andrews · Great Lakes Commission_ For decades, four species of invasive carp have been working their way toward the Great Lakes. What started as a faraway threat, slowly creeping up the Mississippi River, is now \[…\] ## [Line 5’s future is still uncertain. Here’s what to know](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260821-line5future) _2026-08-21 · Laura Andrews · Great Lakes Commission_ For over a decade, Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 has been the center of a political and environmental battle in Michigan. The legal conflict included state officials, federal agencies, tribal nations, \[…\] ## [Federal lawmakers press Coast Guard on new Great Lakes icebreaker](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260821-icebreaker) _2026-08-21 · Laura Andrews · Great Lakes Commission_ The effort to strengthen the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking fleet in the Great Lakes continues after shipping industry leaders say they lost 82 days of their latest season because of \[…\] ## [Ohio lawmakers urge Trump administration to restart Great Lakes carp barrier project](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260821-carpbarrier) _2026-08-21 · Laura Andrews · Great Lakes Commission_ Ohio U.S. Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Dave Joyce of Ohio, along with Michigan U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell and Bill Huizenga, are asking the Trump administration to resume work on a \[…\] ## [Work begins on 1.1-mile trail connecting campers to Lake Michigan overlook, epic disc golf courses](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260821-trail) _2026-08-21 · Laura Andrews · Great Lakes Commission_ Construction is starting on a new 1.1-mile accessible trail that will connect campers to a unique Lake Michigan overlook, a picnic area and three epic disc golf courses near Ludington, \[…\] ## [Wild rice seeding planned for 2 small U.P. lakes in the Ottawa National Forest](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260821-wildrice) _2026-08-21 · Laura Andrews · Great Lakes Commission_ Federal foresters are teaming with tribal experts on a plan to seed wild rice in remote lakes deep within the Ottawa National Forest in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula. Wild rice \[…\] ## [The ‘crown jewel of Lake Superior’ shines with ancient rock formations, beaches and an island near Marquette](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260821-rocks) _2026-08-21 · Laura Andrews · Great Lakes Commission_ If you want a Lake Superior experience that feels a little wild, a little secret and a lot more dramatic than a typical beach day, Little Presque Isle near Marquette, \[…\] ## [One invader is eating another](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260821-mussels) _2026-08-21 · Laura Andrews · Great Lakes Commission_ The Great Lakes are overrun with invasive zebra and quagga mussels. But is another invader, the round goby, helping fight them? Read the full story by Great Lakes Now. ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2YgLgugog40d) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [Wisconsin’s first confirmed sighting of a rare loon found near Douglas County](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260821-loon) _2026-08-21 · Laura Andrews · Great Lakes Commission_ Yellow-billed loons are native to Arctic waters. They’re rarely spotted outside of the Arctic at this time of year, but one was recently spotted in Lake Superior near Douglas County, \[…\] ## [Should Apostle Islands be a national park? Some say proposal lacks community buy-in.](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260821-apostleislands) _2026-08-21 · Laura Andrews · Great Lakes Commission_ A proposal to turn Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands into a national park has been met with a range of opinions from locals in the Bayfield, Wisconsin, area. Some think it’s \[…\] ## [New Emergency Care Skills Help Tanzania’s Frontline Doctors Save Lives](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/21/43870) _2026-08-21 · Global Issues News Headlines_ DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, August 21 (IPS) - The 14-year-old girl arrived at the hospital fighting for her life. After a tragic hit-and-run car accident, she was rushed into the emergency department with serious abdominal injuries. Every passing minute brought her closer to death. Read the full story, “New Emergency Care Skills Help Tanzania’s Frontline Doctors Save Lives”, on globalissues.org → ## [Cockroach Insult Unleashes Biggest Challenge yet to Modi’s Repressive Rule](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/21/43865) _2026-08-21 · Global Issues News Headlines_ LONDON, August 21 (IPS) - India’s strongman leader, Narendra Modi, has just been forced to do the thing he likes least: making concessions in response to protests. Read the full story, “Cockroach Insult Unleashes Biggest Challenge yet to Modi’s Repressive Rule”, on globalissues.org → ## [UNAIDS Framework Pushes for the Protection and Integration of HIV Care](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/21/43864) _2026-08-21 · Global Issues News Headlines_ UNITED NATIONS, August 21 (IPS) - As the global HIV response shifts toward sustainable, nationally led, and rights-based care, a new UNAIDS framework published this week argues that integration must start with a country’s readiness. Read the full story, “UNAIDS Framework Pushes for the Protection and Integration of HIV Care”, on globalissues.org → ## [DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreading exponentially, UN responders warn](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/21/43872) _2026-08-21 · Global Issues News Headlines_ As the deadliest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo’s history continued spreading on Friday, UN responders renewed their urgent appeal for immediate international support, with existing funding for lifesaving work critically low. Read the full story, “DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreading exponentially, UN responders warn”, on globalissues.org → ## [New initiative launched to shield terrorism victims from online harm](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/21/43874) _2026-08-21 · Global Issues News Headlines_ The UN has launched a new initiative to protect victims of terrorist attacks from online harm and re-traumatisation, drawing on harrowing survivor accounts, from the Nova Music Festival in Israel to an attack on a FIFA World Cup final viewing party in Uganda. Read the full story, “New initiative launched to shield terrorism victims from online harm”, on globalissues.org → ## [Somalia: Humanitarian aid cuts leave millions of children vulnerable to hunger](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/21/43873) _2026-08-21 · Global Issues News Headlines_ The global funding crisis for humanitarian work is taking a growing toll on the most vulnerable children in Somalia, where some aid programmes and facilities have been forced to shut down. Read the full story, “Somalia: Humanitarian aid cuts leave millions of children vulnerable to hunger”, on globalissues.org → ## [AI for Good: How the UN uses AI to advance human rights](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/21/43875) _2026-08-21 · Global Issues News Headlines_ For Ari, a six-year-old boy with learning difficulties in Jamaica, artificial intelligence (AI) opened the door to something many children take for granted: reading a book in his own language. Thousands of miles away, gold miners in Ethiopia are being screened more quickly for tuberculosis, while communities around the world are breathing cleaner air thanks to faster detection of methane leaks.… ## [World Humanitarian Day — Protect Aid Workers Against Drones](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/20/43860) _2026-08-20 · Global Issues News Headlines_ UNITED NATIONS, August 20 (IPS) - World Humanitarian Day celebrates humanitarian workers and the life-saving services they provide under the most complex and often dangerous conditions. Read the full story, “World Humanitarian Day — Protect Aid Workers Against Drones”, on globalissues.org → ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OrmuYdHqZ8LR) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [How the Taliban Hunt Women in Afghanistan](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/20/43859) _2026-08-20 · Global Issues News Headlines_ ROME, August 20 (IPS) - FIVE years after the Taliban returned to power, Fawzia Koofi, the former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament, denounces what she describes as “gender apartheid.” Read the full story, “How the Taliban Hunt Women in Afghanistan”, on globalissues.org → ## [DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/20/43863) _2026-08-20 · Global Issues News Headlines_ The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the UN’s international vaccine coordination group (ICG) to protect frontline communities against the Ebola virus disease. Read the full story, “DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads”, on globalissues.org → ## [As elections near, South Sudan risks new atrocity crimes, warns rights probe](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/20/43862) _2026-08-20 · Global Issues News Headlines_ The under-reported humanitarian crisis in South Sudan risks deepening with the real possibility of further atrocity crimes unless renewed fighting stops, a UN-backed probe said on Thursday. Read the full story, “As elections near, South Sudan risks new atrocity crimes, warns rights probe”, on globalissues.org → ## [Russian missiles kill 17 more in Ukraine as Guterres calls for ceasefire](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/20/43869) _2026-08-20 · Global Issues News Headlines_ Russian ballistic missile strikes killed 17 people and injured more than 40 in and around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, local authorities reported. Read the full story, “Russian missiles kill 17 more in Ukraine as Guterres calls for ceasefire”, on globalissues.org → ## [Middle East: 94 per cent need shelter in Gaza, Israel ramps up demolitions in Lebanon](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/20/43868) _2026-08-20 · Global Issues News Headlines_ Ninety-four cent of Gaza’s 2.1 million residents need shelter as Israeli gunfire and strikes continue inside the enclave, UN agencies and peacekeepers warned on Thursday. Read the full story, “Middle East: 94 per cent need shelter in Gaza, Israel ramps up demolitions in Lebanon”, on globalissues.org → ## [Colombia earthquake: 1.2 million need aid as some communities remain out of reach](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/20/43867) _2026-08-20 · Global Issues News Headlines_ Ten days after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia, an estimated 1.2 million people need humanitarian assistance, while some communities have still received little or no aid, UN agencies said on Thursday. Read the full story, “Colombia earthquake: 1.2 million need aid as some communities remain out of reach”, on globalissues.org → ## [How Mexico’s Search Collectives Claimed a Place at the World Cup](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/19/43854) _2026-08-20 · Global Issues News Headlines_ Weeks have gone by since the World Cup ended. Its aftermath has sparked a broader conversation about who football’s biggest tournament belongs to and how it should look in 2030 . One postscript to that conversation comes from Mexico. Read the full story, “How Mexico’s Search Collectives Claimed a Place at the World Cup”, on globalissues.org → ## [UN Reiterates its 18-Year-Old Ban on Smoking](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/19/43852) _2026-08-19 · Global Issues News Headlines_ UNITED NATIONS, August 19 (IPS) - When smoking was common in the corridors of the UN, in the delegate’s lounge and in committee rooms during the 1970s and 90s, the office of the Secretary-General sent a memo that read: “Smoking was Discouraged” in the UN building—sounding far short of a ban. Read the full story, “UN Reiterates its 18-Year-Old Ban on Smoking”, on globalissues.org → ## [GAZA: ‘There Are No Standards to Tell You What to Do in Conditions like Gaza’](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/19/43851) _2026-08-19 · Global Issues News Headlines_ CIVICUS discusses the state of civic and humanitarian action in Gaza with Ibrahim Arandas, a Palestinian activist and project manager at SPARK Gaza, a civil society organisation that provides humanitarian and psychosocial support. Read the full story, “GAZA: ‘There Are No Standards to Tell You What to Do in Conditions like Gaza’”, on globalissues.org → ## [Remembering Fidel Castro, a Hero of the World’s Oppressed People](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/19/43845) _2026-08-19 · Global Issues News Headlines_ SYDNEY, August 19 (IPS) - The 13th of August marked the 100th birthday of Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz – in short Fidel Castro. Amidst an intensified US siege and the threat of invasion, Cubans commemorated their dear leader’s centenary birth anniversary with events that included an International Book Fair, art exhibitions, concerts and gatherings of delegates from… ## [Prime Noise-Cancelling Picks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pQld6B6NWwiy) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Browse Prime-eligible, 4-star-and-up noise-cancelling earbuds with fast shipping and deals ## [The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too?](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/19/43861) _2026-08-19 · Global Issues News Headlines_ What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it? Read the full story, “The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too?”, on globalissues.org → ## [Raising alarm over new illegal Israeli outposts, UN condemns attacks, incitement against Palestinians](https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/19/43858) _2026-08-19 · Global Issues News Headlines_ Reports of new illegal Israeli outposts in the occupied West Bank raised alarms at UN Headquarters on Wednesday while the UN rights office called on Israel to condemn its national security minister’s words that incite “violence amounting to atrocity crimes” against Palestinians. Read the full story, “Raising alarm over new illegal Israeli outposts, UN condemns attacks, incitement against… ## [Port of Montreal expansion underway as ‘nation-building’ effort ramps up](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260817-montreal-port) _2026-08-17 · Autumn McGowan · Great Lakes Commission_ The Port of Montreal expansion project in Québec has officially set sail along the banks of the St. Lawrence River, with construction now underway for a new wharf. Read the full story \[…\] ## [Crews remove smaller silver carp from Illinois River](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260817-lake-michigan-day) _2026-08-17 · Autumn McGowan · Great Lakes Commission_ Invasive carp sampling crews have removed several hundred small silver carp from the Marseilles Pool of the Illinois River, about 80 miles from Lake Michigan. The 4-to-6-inch fish were discovered \[…\] ## [Safeguarding water discussed at “Lake Michigan Day” in Manitowoc](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260817-lake-michigan-day) _2026-08-17 · Autumn McGowan · Great Lakes Commission_ The 2026 annual Lake Michigan Day was held August 14 at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The gathering celebrated the work being done and discussed challenges such as \[…\] ## [City council say efforts to control water chestnut are working, but public should remain vigilant in removing the invasive plant](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260817-water-chestnut) _2026-08-17 · Autumn McGowan · Great Lakes Commission_ A local effort to control the spread of invasive water chestnut along the St. Lawrence River is showing progress, but officials say the plant remains a concern and residents of \[…\] ## [One-time funding won’t fix financial strain for DNR’s Fisheries Division](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260817-dnr-funding) _2026-08-17 · Autumn McGowan · Great Lakes Commission_ Officials from the Fisheries Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources say further cutbacks on staffing and fish stocking are likely as the costs of operations rise. The division \[…\] ## [Cross-lake truck ferry to connect Port of Cleveland and Ontario in 2028: Mission possible](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260817-erie-ferry) _2026-08-17 · Autumn McGowan · Great Lakes Commission_ A new cross-lake truck ferry service in Lake Erie, launching in 2028, will cut travel time, reduce pollution, and boost U.S.-Canada trade. A new cross-lake truck ferry service will connect \[…\] ## [Lake Erie, other Great Lakes rank among top fishing destinations](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260817-greatlakes-fishing) _2026-08-17 · Autumn McGowan · Great Lakes Commission_ Lake Erie came in second, behind Lake Michigan, among top fishing destinations. All five Great Lakes and Lake St. Clair make the top ten list. Read the full story by \[…\] ## [Unique Detroit River boat tours give officials chance to see restoration projects up close](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260817-detroit-restoration-tours) _2026-08-17 · Autumn McGowan · Great Lakes Commission_ Earlier this month dozens gathered at the Detroit Wayne County Port Authority and boarded a 45-foot boat to learn more about the Detroit River and how it’s being restored after \[…\] ## [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gives green light to Line 5 tunnel](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260814-line5-permit) _2026-08-14 · Nichole Angell · Great Lakes Commission_ Last Wednesday, Canadian energy company Enbridge secured another permit needed for its controversial Line 5 tunnel project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit authorizing the company to \[…\] ## [New $1.8B Blatnik Bridge design unveiled; Duluth to Superior span opening set for October 2031](https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20260814-new-bridge) _2026-08-14 · Nichole Angell · Great Lakes Commission_ Minnesota and Wisconsin transportation officials unveiled the design and construction schedule of the new bridge that will replace the Blatnik Bridge between Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, for area residents. \[…\]