Anti-Microbial Resistance Strategies Need Urgent Attention to Prevent Unnecessary Deaths in Africa
ACCRA, Nov 03 (IPS) – African countries must find a way of fighting Anti-Microbial Resistance in the healthcare system to avoid unnecessary deaths. Read...
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Counting the Massive Financial Costs of Illegal Fishing
Nov 02 (IPS) – As a new report lays bare the massive financial costs to developing states of illegal fishing, campaigners are hoping that...
Campaign for a Fossil Fuels Non-proliferation Treaty Gathers Steam
ROME, Nov 03 (IPS) – When it comes to moral endorsements, having the Vatican’s backing takes some beating. So the international campaign for a legally...
More funding needed for climate adaptation, as risks mount
Countries must urgently ramp up action to adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change, as efforts now are too little and...
NEW YORK, Nov 03 (IPS) – On November 1, a statement of solidarity with Russians opposed to the Ukraine War was published. It was...
Despite severe constraints on access, UN and other humanitarian workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have begun helping thousands displaced by...
A peace deal between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed on Wednesday in South Africa, represents “a critical first...
UN chief warmly welcomes Russia decision to end suspension from Ukraine grain deal
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday issued a statement warmly welcoming Russia’s decision to resume its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has...
Intimidated, jailed, abused: Threats against journalists harm us all, warns UN chief
Governments and the international community must take action to protect the people who bring us the news, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his...
Europe hotting up more than twice global average: WMO
Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years – the highest of any continent in...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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