18 million in Africa’s Sahel on ‘the brink of starvation’
As 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region teeter on the edge of severe hunger over the next three months, the UN released on...
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Youth Survivors, Activists Will Hold Governments Accountable to Call to Action on Ending Child Labour
DURBAN, May 20 (IPS) – Governments of the world must focus on providing quality free education and prosecuting corrupt officials and people who siphon...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with countries where cases of the rare viral disease monkeypox have been reported, the UN agency...
Climate change is set to increase pressure significantly on people’s access to water and sanitation unless governments do more to prepare key infrastructure...
By Deliberately Ignoring Risk, the World Is Bankrolling Its Own Destruction
MADRID, May 20 (IPS) – It is often said that a pessimistic person is an optimistic but well-informed person. Here, a good number of...
What India Needs To Do To Achieve Net-Zero Status by 2070
NEW DELHI, May 20 (IPS) – The recent IPCC report that came out in the month of March 2022 says that, by the end...
Youth Demand a Voice in Call-To-Action on Child Labour
Durban, May 20 (IPS) – Ashley has vast work experience. She has laboured by the sweat of her brow in the blistering sun on...
First Person: Sweet taste of modern beekeeping
Beekeepers in the southern Haitian commune of Bonbon are creating a buzz around honey in an area which is recovering from an earthquake in...
Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts and ‘no country is immune’
“When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security...
Caring for Water Where Mining Leads to Wealth and Tragedies in Brazil
BELO HORIZONTE/ITABIRITO, Brazil, May 19 (IPS) – The southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais owes its name to the main economic activity throughout its...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now