Peru’s penguins are on the brink. A super El Niño could make it worse.
Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding out hope that their numbers...
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BRAZIL: ‘Resistance Is Intergenerational, and Art Is How Energy Gets Renewed’
 : CIVICUS discusses the role of art in climate and rights struggles in the Brazilian Amazon with Tom Wheeler, executive director and co-founder of...
The Dollar-Gold Standard’s Lingering Demise
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, September 28 (IPS) – The 1944 Bretton Woods (BW) conference accepted the US demand to use the dollar to settle international...
The Global Leaders Network Pushes to Protect Women’s and Children’s Health
UNITED NATIONS, September 28 (IPS) – In the wake of the largest decline in global health financing on record, the Global Leaders Network (GLN)...
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 5
From artificial intelligence to migration, some of the forces reshaping the twenty-first century took centre stage at the UN General Assembly on Saturday. Leaders...
Lavrov issues call for new Eurasian ‘security architecture’
Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, accused Western countries of destabilising the world through “force and double standards” in his address to the UN General...
Cuba warns against ‘law of the jungle’ as Foreign Minister denounces US pressure
Cuba’s Foreign Minister warned the UN General Assembly on Saturday that escalating military and economic pressure in Latin America and the Caribbean was threatening...
Saudi Arabia warns Gulf security inseparable from global stability amid regional tensions
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister warned on Saturday that escalating threats across the Middle East risked international peace, energy security and global trade, calling for...
Countries far from conflict paying the price for wars not their own, India tells UN
India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar warned on Saturday that violent conflicts continue to undermine international peace and security, while countries far removed from...
Canada urges stronger partnerships as global order faces ‘rupture’
Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand warned the UN General Assembly on Saturday that the international order has entered an era of profound disruption, calling...
‘One step away from famine’: Inside Afghanistan’s hunger crisis 
Bangladesh: UNICEF chief calls for an end to child marriage 
Rule breaking by just a few people can be contagious 
Yemen war continues to force families from homes amid hunger and disease