Global push needed to ensure ‘clean, affordable and sustainable electricity’ for all
During the last decade, more people around the world have gained access to electricity than ever before. However, the number still not connected has...
Protection call for Burkina Faso civilians after terror attack leaves 132 dead
Communities in rural Burkina Faso urgently need greater protection from violent extremists, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, insisted on Monday, in response to a deadly...
Foreign Minister of Maldives elected next General Assembly President
The UN chief welcomed the election on Monday of Abdulla Shahid, Foreign Minister of the Maldives, as President-elect of the 76th session of the...
FDA approved a new Alzheimer’s drug despite controversy over whether it works
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a controversial Alzheimer’s treatment, the first that promises to slow the disease’s destruction in the brain,...
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 07 (IPS) – What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you read the words, women and...
SCRANTON, USA, Jun 07 (IPS) – You don’t have to look too hard to find some news network or media outlet talking about water...
Indias COVID-19 Vaccine Drive Is Excluding Millions of Citizens
MUMBAI, India, Jun 07 (IPS) – In May, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) uploaded a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) related to...
Is the UN Fighting a Losing Battle Against Worlds Corrupt Leaders?
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 07 (IPS) – A hilarious anecdote, recounted in the New York Times years ago, related to the widespread corruption embedded in...
Death toll of Burkina Faso Attack Reaches 160
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Jun 07 (IPS) – On the night of Friday 4th June, a group of unidentified armed men stormed the village of...
Food that boosts gut microbes could be a new way to help malnourished kids
In the densely populated slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, children survive on rice cooked with curry powder and cheap cookies and chips, packaged in appealing,...
Why the UN General Assembly still matters 
UN Crime Congress: Technology is transforming crime – and the response to it 
Surviving the summer 
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak