The UN and partners have rushed to support Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that hit two provinces in the east of the country early...
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Ukraine: Russian Nobel winner praises UNICEF as ‘excellent’ choice to distribute $103.5 million auction proceeds
The Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov who auctioned off his gold medal to raise money for child refugees on Monday, has told UN...
Stronger Healthcare Systems Critical for Africas Socioeconomic Transformation
KIGALI, Jun 22 (IPS) – Prof. Claude Mambo Muvunyi is Director General of Rwanda Biomedical CentreSince the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems...
Colombia Votes for Social Justice
BOGOTA, Colombia, Jun 22 (IPS) – On Sunday, 19 June 2022, the hopes of millions of Colombians working for a more democratic, safer, ecological,...
Expensive Energy from Cheap Sources Hampers Brazils Economy
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 21 (IPS) – Brazil has abundant low-cost energy, but by the time it reaches the consumer it is one of...
UN humanitarians issued an alert on Tuesday over the deteriorating situation for millions of mainly women and children in northeast Nigeria who continue to...
222 million crisis-hit children currently require educational support
A shocking new UN report released on Tuesday indicates that the number of crisis-impacted school-aged children requiring educational support has grown from an estimated 75 million...
UN brainstorms how to strengthen aid delivery amid ‘megacrises’
Global cooperation is critical to confront the surge in suffering due to conflict, climate disruption, hunger, the rising cost of living, and the COVID-19...
Scientific evidence shows that overexposure to UV radiation is the major cause of skin cancer. To help people protect themselves adequately, a consortium of...
Nuclear weapons are “a deadly reminder of countries’ inability to solve problems through dialogue and collaboration”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, urging...
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