Public health risks increasing in flood-affected Pakistan, warns WHO
Although flood waters have continued to recede in many flood-affected areas across Pakistan in recent weeks, around eight million people need essential health assistance,...
UN officials stationed at the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) for the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative have said there will be no movement of...
Oil Exporters Make Markets, Not War
CARACAS, Nov 01 (IPS) – The decision to cut oil production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies as of...
STOCKHOLM / MUNICH, Nov 01 (IPS) – Peace is precious. The past few months have offered daily reminders of this simple fact. War in...
Developing Countries Need Monetary Financing
SYDNEY and DAKAR, Nov 01 (IPS) – Developing countries have long been told to avoid borrowing from central banks (CBs) to finance government spending....
Bizarre aye-aye primates take nose picking to the extreme
Aye-ayes are true champions of nose picking. A new video offers the first evidence that these nocturnal lemurs of Madagascar stick their fingers up...
The 2022 opium crop in Afghanistan is the most profitable in years with cultivation up by nearly a third amid soaring prices, and despite...
Progress on methane emissions by energy companies, but numbers still don’t add up: UNEP
Over 80 oil and gas companies across the world have committed to measuring and reducing their methane emissions, the second biggest driver of global...
Security Council debates Russian withdrawal from crucial Ukraine grain deal
The landmark agreement to export grain and related foodstuffs from Ukraine must be kept alive amid the ongoing war and the global cost of...
DR Congo: Guterres ‘deeply concerned’ by resurgence of fighting between Government troops and M23
The UN Secretary-General has expressed deep concern over the uptick in fighting between Government troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and M23 rebels...
Nepal’s deadly debris flow points to risks in other high mountain regions 
As freshwater reserves shrink, countries must prepare for a new water reality 
What it Means to be ‘Too Old’ and a Woman: Systemic Gendered Ageism and Loss of Belonging 
Ahead of COP17, UN Biodiversity Chief Urges Urgent Realignment of Finance with Nature Goals