UN humanitarians issued an alert on Tuesday over the deteriorating situation for millions of mainly women and children in northeast Nigeria who continue to...
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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...
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...
Violence, rhetoric, hate speech, drive atrocity crimes in Ukraine and beyond, Security Council hears
Violence, rhetoric, hate speech, drive atrocity crimes in Ukraine and beyond, Security Council hears
The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, reinforcing concerns already voiced by other senior UN officials in the chamber,...
Critical relief supplies for nearly 64,000 people have been delivered to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, two cities in the Government-controlled areas of the eastern Donetska...
Tobacco Consumption Slows in the West, Grows in Africa, say Researchers
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 21 (IPS) – Cigarette smuggling has emerged as one of the most lucrative enterprises between Zimbabwe and South Africa, with border...
Celebrating the union of body and soul: UN marks International Yoga Day
UN delegates and staffers spread out their yoga mats and stretched into various yoga “asanas” or poses, at an outdoor event on Monday evening...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 21 (IPS) – After decades of rejecting international tax cooperation under multilateral auspices, rich countries have finally agreed. But,...
Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole 
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