Women Advocates for Harvesting Rainwater in Salinity-Affected Coastal Bangladesh
KHULNA, Bangladesh, Sep 23 (IPS) – Like many other women in Bangladesh’s salinity-prone coastal region, Lalita Roy had to travel a long distance every...
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Collectively, “we must address…the fundamental imbalances in the world we share,” Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on Thursday, calling for global “climate solidarity”...
LONDON / EDINBURG, Sep 23 (IPS) – As the devastating images of flooding in Pakistan went round the world and the country declared a...
Mia Amor Motley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, urged world leaders to “use the power of the pen” and impose natural disaster and pandemic...
Warring parties in South Sudan are committed to implementing a peace deal that has improved security in the country, Vice-President Hussein Abdelbagi Akol Agany...
Redouble efforts to end ‘senseless’ war in Ukraine, UN chief tells Foreign Ministers
With the war in Ukraine showing no signs of letting up, countries must increase efforts to prevent further escalation and end the fighting, UN...
Leadership Council marks ‘new era’ for Yemen, but country remains wary of terrorist threat
President Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi said on Thursday that with the formation in early April of the Presidential Leadership Council as the legitimate representative of...
Ukraine war-induced crisis affecting women and girls disproportionately: UN report
A new UN report reveals how the Ukraine war and its global impacts on food, energy, and finance are affecting women and girls disproportionately,...
Somalia committed to tackling twin threats of looming famine and terrorism, President tells UN Assembly
Despite efforts to move past decades of drought and conflict, Somalia is facing some of the most complex crises in the world, its President...
Israeli Prime Minister Lapid backs two-State solution
Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday said a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was “the right thing” for Israel, but he cautioned that...
COP31: New Research Ties Extreme Weather to Mental Health Challenges in Africa 
The brain’s fear center moonlights as the save button for memories 
Europe’s Hera mission is ready to double down on asteroid science 
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support