Those Who Dare: Feminist Movements in Sudan, Lebanon & Syria
NEW DELHI, India, May 23 (IPS) – The year 2019 was not just a time before the world saw the global pandemic, but also...
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Cuban Farmers Fight Land Degradation with Sustainable Management
HAVANA, May 23 (IPS) – Thorny bushes and barren soil made it look like a bad bet, but Cuban farmer José Antonio Sosa ignored...
BANGKOK, Thailand, May 23 (IPS) – The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better,...
LONDON, May 23 (IPS) – The writer is Head of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Department at Minority Rights Group International, UK.In...
UNITED NATIONS, May 23 (IPS) – Michael Bloomberg, the three-term Mayor of New York city and a billionaire philanthropist, was once quoted as saying...
UNHCR: Record 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwide
The Ukraine war and other conflicts pushed the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution over the staggering...
“COVID-19 is not over”, Tedros warns World Health Assembly
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told global health Ministers on Sunday that although reported COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined significantly,...
Monkeypox: UNAIDS ‘concerned’ about stigmatizing language against LGTBI people
As a significant portion of the recently reported Monkeypox cases has been identified among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men,...
Biodiversity Day: UN chief calls to ‘build a shared future for all life’
Three-quarters of the land-based environment and about 66% of the marine environment have been significantly altered by human actions. On the International Day for...
What the Russian Invasion Means for Syria
ISTANBUL, May 20 (IPS) – Moscow’s decision to intervene militarily in Syria in 2015 effectively preserved the Assad regime in Damascus. Russian air power...
This year’s El Niño just broke a record months before it’s expected to peak 
UN’s ‘sacred covenant has been broken’, Argentina’s Milei tells General Assembly 
Zelenskyy urges stronger pressure on Russia, warns war’s impact is spreading beyond Ukraine 
Rohingya refugees deserve a future beyond survival, not endless displacement