The arbitrary shutdown of hundreds of civil society organizations in Nicaragua is deeply concerning and will have a chilling effect on activists and human...
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The UN Committee against Torture on Friday concluded its current session by releasing findings on Botswana, Nicaragua, the State of Palestine and the United...
Ukraine: Prospects for end to war look bleak, despite ‘encouraging’ grain deal
The war in Ukraine shows no signs of ending, more than five months after the Russian invasion, and fighting is intensifying, the UN Security...
Of the Secret Leaks and the Baking Planet
MADRID, Jul 29 (IPS) – Strangely enough, two major scientific findings, both announced in July, did not attribute the current dangerous world’s disasters to...
Sidestepping Hunger & Boosting Food Security
LONDON, Jul 29 (IPS) – Until Russia went to war on Ukraine in February, Ukraine was known as the “breadbasket of Europe”. One of...
Singapore: Rights experts call for moratorium on executions for drugs offences
Singapore must implement an immediate moratorium on executions for drug offences, UN human rights experts said on Friday, in a statement condemning the recent...
Heat Waves and Agricultural Production: In the Race to Mitigate Extreme Heat, We Must not Forget Strengthening Agriculture
URBANA, Illinois, USA, Jul 29 (IPS) – Across the U.S., and around the world, particularly Europe, heat records are being shattered. Accompanying these extreme...
INTERVIEW: End ‘punitive and discriminatory laws’ to beat AIDS
Punitive and discriminatory laws that stigmatize marginalized communities are hindering the fight against HIV/AIDS, says a senior UN health expert, interviewed by UN News...
Zimbabwes Unsung Living HIV/AIDS Hero Spreads Message of Hope
CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe, Jul 29 (IPS) – In 2001, when Reki Jimu was 30 years old, his wife died aged 27. Read the full story,...
From The Field: Protecting the last Malayan tigers
The Malayan tiger is a critically endangered species, at a real risk of extinction, mainly as a result of illegal poaching and wildlife trafficking:...
Europe’s Hera mission is ready to double down on asteroid science 
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support 
Protecting the Climate Means Protecting Territorial Rights 
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