LONDON, October 26 (IPS) – Classrooms with mouldy walls, riddled with cockroaches and rats, stifling in summer and freezing in winter: this is how...
Volcanoes have cast a shadow over climate and history. Cold spurts after eruptions may have spurred famine, disease, revolts and other events.
The UN’s Ebola coordinator and the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) have deplored the killing of a nurse working to halt the...
With violations against children caught in armed conflict reaching an unprecedented level this year, the Security Council is marking 30 years since it took...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for dialogue and diplomacy to end the war between Iran and the United States in remarks on Monday to...
Anthropic says Claude helped a scientist plan potentially risky bird flu research, a case that highlights questions about AI’s growing role in biology.
Air traffic delays cost billions and turn journeys into ordeals. Some countries are already proving that better coordination saves thousands of flying hours and...
YEREVAN and SHIKAHOGH STATE RESERVE, Armenia, October 26 (IPS) – Less than 100 metres from military positions facing each other across the Armenia-Azerbaijan border,...
DHAKA, Bangladesh, October 26 (IPS) – Bangladesh has achieved remarkable economic progress over the past few decades. Its garment industry has become globally important,...
The United Nations celebrates its 81st anniversary on Saturday, highlighting more than eight decades of work to advance peace, human rights and development around...

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