Dollar System Eroding Slowly, but Still Dominant
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, October 13 (IPS) – The protracted demise of dollar-gold convertibility and associated fixed exchange rates did not end dollar hegemony. With...
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UN to Launch Survey to Track Down Racism at the Secretariat
UNITED NATIONS, October 13 (IPS) – The United Nations has once again revived a longstanding problem that has been left lingering behind closed doors...
General Assembly adopts pandemic declaration, but not by consensus
The General Assembly on Monday adopted a political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, by 153 in favour to three against (Argentina, Israel...
Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize Is a Vote of Confidence in a Global Legal Order under Fire
PRETORIA, South Africa, October 12 (IPS) – The awarding of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to distinguished South African jurist and international judge Navanethem...
Sudan: Drought and war push Darfur and Kordofan towards famine
The risk of famine is growing in parts of Sudan already torn apart by war, as a severe El Niño drought makes life even...
Scarred blood vessels may be one clue to APOE4’s Alzheimer’s risk
Scientists know APOE4 raises Alzheimer’s risk. A surprising change in blood vessel cells may help explain how.
Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says
The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to...
‘Efficiency has limits’: UNHCR chief warns refugee protection is buckling under cuts
The money is running out faster than needs are growing: with 117 million men, women and children now forced from their homes, the UN...
UN aid operation underway in Nepal following fresh floods
The United Nations has rushed to assist Nepal following new flash floods in the central Gorkha district on Sunday that swept away homes and...
How Nepal is Learning To Cope With the Psychological Toll of Its Missing
KATHMANDU, October 12 (IPS) – Nearly three decades ago, in the final stretch of Nepal’s civil war, Dr Brandon Kohrt sat with parents whose...
‘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