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...
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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...
BRUSSELS, Jul 04 (IPS) – A mass attempt on June 24, 2022, of about 2000 African migrants to scale the border fence between Morocco...
IPBES to Release New Assessments on the Values of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Wild Species
New Delhi, Jul 03 (IPS) – IPS interviews Dr Anne Larigauderie, the Executive Secretary of IPBESSpeaking to IPS about the importance of biodiversity and...
Suriname gives ‘hope and inspiration to the world to save our rainforests’: UN chief
Suriname might be the smallest and least populated country in South America, but it is also one of the greenest. Considered a global leader...
Haitian children at mercy of armed gangs as schools close
Rising gang crime in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince is limiting access to education and is preventing thousands of children from going to school. Since 2020,...
What COVID-19 taught us about risk in a complex, inter-connected world
A new UN report has shed fresh light on the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed cascading risks, particularly on vulnerable people, worldwide. Read...
Migrant deaths in Libyan desert ‘wake-up call’ for stronger protections
The UN migration agency on Friday deplored the deaths of at least 20 migrants in the Libyan desert and renewed its call for stronger...
Renewed Hostilities In Yemen Inflame Displacement and Regional Risks 
One Man’s Quest to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Mali 
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns 
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’