Rights Groups Question ‘Pregnancy Register’ for Polish Women
BRATISLAVA, Jul 05 (IPS) – Women’s rights groups fear a new legal provision in Poland requiring doctors to collect records on all pregnancies could...
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Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 05 (IPS) – Long seen as means to seek advantage on the pretext of providing mutual benefit, free trade...
BRUSSELS, Jul 05 (IPS) – The writer is executive director of HealthforAnimals, the global animal health association World Zoonoses Day, which will be...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has declared the end of its 14th Ebola outbreak after less than three months, the UN World Health...
New suspected mass graves have been uncovered in Tarhuna, Libya, a Human Rights Council probe reported on Monday, highlighting continuing extreme rights abuses in...
Nature-Positive Ventures Crucial for Africas future, say experts at Africa Green Economy Conference
Toronto, Jul 04 (IPS) – Africa’s unique natural capital assets were the center of conversation at the 2022 Africa Green Economy Conference. Held in...
Smelter Finally Closes Due to Extreme Pollution in Chilean Bay
QUINTERO, Chile, Jul 04 (IPS) – A health crisis that in 20 days left 500 children poisoned in the adjacent municipalities of Quintero and...
Why We Need a Digital Safe Space for LGBTQ Youth Thoughts from Asian Teens
Seoul & Nonthaburi, Thailand, Jul 04 (IPS) – Recently, I watched a documentary titled Why We Can’t See Disabled People . Read the full...
Androids in Human Populations
PORTLAND, USA, Jul 04 (IPS) – It is time for countries, especially those with slow growing and ageing human populations, to welcome androids, i.e.,...
The Caribbean is ‘ground zero’ for the global climate emergency: Guterres
The UN Secretary-General’s final day in Suriname began on a small plane and ended at a podium. A 90-minute flyover from Paramaribo into the...
Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief 
Rohingyas in Myanmar suffering ‘heartbreaking’ misery and cruelty 
As wars spread, the global food system unravels 
One million children in Afghanistan face deadly malnutrition