BRUSSELS, Aug 02 (IPS) – Myanmar has been embroiled in violence and civil unrest since the military ousted the elected government of Aung San...
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CAMBRIDGE, UK, Aug 02 (IPS) – The world needs tens of millions of new teachers by 2030, according to UNESCO – an order of...
Neo-Colonial Currency Enables French Exploitation
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 02 (IPS) – Colonial-style currency board arrangements have enabled continuing imperialist exploitation decades after the end of formal colonial...
As geopolitical tensions reach new highs, and some governments are spending billions on nuclear weapons in a false bid for peace and security, countries...
Amid the education crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations is partnering with leading children’s charity Theirworld and others in the sector,...
It’s more critical than ever to begin life as a newborn being breastfed, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and...
Bangladesh Plans to Launch Toll-free SMS Flood Warning
DHAKA, Aug 01 (IPS) – Ziaur Rahman, a farmer of Pakuar Char under Sariakandi Upazila in Bogura, cultivated jute on a newly emerged river...
The UN chief on Monday welcomed the departure of the first ship from the Ukrainian port of Odesa to leave carrying grain under the...
Introducing ‘Hope Over Fate’: the Story of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed and BRAC
Redding Conn, USA, Aug 01 (IPS) – About seven years ago, I started working on a project with Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder...
LONDON, Aug 01 (IPS) – It is often those least responsible for causing climate change that suffer the most from the impacts. And such...
UN chief, Red Cross renew call for rules on lethal autonomous weapons 
Japan’s ‘2050 Weather Forecast’ highlights extreme heat in the future 
Colombia Declares State of Emergency Following Deadly Earthquake 
Retired in Ukraine: One Cheese, Two Chickens and a Dozen Eggs