Convergence of conflicts, COVID and climate crises, jeopardize global goals
Intersecting global crises are threatening the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and impacting food supplies, health, education, and security across countries worldwide, according to...
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Sri Lanka’s misery should be warning to us all on global food, fuel and finance crisis: UNDP
Countries already under pressure from the economic fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic turmoil and human misery as Sri Lanka,...
While the Russian military advance in eastern Ukraine continues to escalate, the UN refugee agency, UNCHR, on Thursday warned that the winter months are...
Sanctions Are a Boomerang
CARACAS, Jul 07 (IPS) – Economic sanctions against countries whose behavior is reproached by the West operate as punishment although they fail in their...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jul 07 (IPS) – When we think of urbanization we often end up referring to the increasing number of megalopolises that are...
Myths Fuel Xenophobic Sentiment in South Africa
Johannesburg, Jul 07 (IPS) – Around the world, from Syria to Libya, from Bangladesh to Ukraine, millions have become refugees in foreign lands due...
World is moving backwards on eliminating hunger and malnutrition, UN report reveals
The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, according to a new UN report that...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday echoed strong condemnation from the Security Council and elsewhere, of the killing of two more UN peacekeepers in...
Following the killings of at least 23 Brazilians during police raids and checks, UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for urgent reforms...
Record inflation and skyrocketing prices leave over 6 million Sri Lankans food insecure
In the face of record food price inflation, skyrocketing fuel costs and widespread commodity shortages, some 6.26 million Sri Lankans, or three in 10...
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