The United Nations commended on Monday a new signed Action Plan to safeguard children affected by armed conflict in Yemen. Read the full story,...
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One in three natural sites and one in six cultural heritage sites are currently threatened by climate change, the UN cultural agency, UNESCO, warned...
Guterres appeals for urgent humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine to allow delivery of life-saving aid as well as evacuations,...
High Cost of Debt is Crippling Developing Nations: How can we Bridge the Finance Divide?
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) – As the world is rocked by a confluence of crises, the global economic outlook for 2022 is becoming...
Mexico Embraces Gas, Scorns Renewable Energy
MÉRIDA, Mexico, Apr 18 (IPS) – At home, Isabel Bracamontes uses gas only for cooking. “We try to prepare food that doesn’t need cooking,...
Malawi Counts Success of Polio Vaccination Drive after Detecting First Case in 30 Years
Blantyre, Malawi, Apr 18 (IPS) – One polio case is one too many, global health experts say. Read the full story, “Malawi Counts Success...
Ukraine: Escaping Bucha
Bucha. Once a quiet dormitory town near Kyiv, it is now synonymous with the mass killing of civilians in the increasingly brutal war in...
Senior UN officials, including the Secretary-General, António Guterres, have expressed concern over a spate of violent incidents at the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem, an...
A World Food Program-backed initiative to deliver millet seeds to vulnerable people is taking root in Odisha, India, where it is helping to ward...
LONDON / JOHANNESBURG, Apr 15 (IPS) – Russia’s war in Ukraine has left many communities facing catastrophe. In a world already wracked by multiple...
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