Make tobacco industry accountable for environmental damage: UN health agency
The tobacco industry damages both the environment and human health, and needs to be more accountable for the destruction it causes, declared the World...
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How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Impacts Africa
LUANDA, Angola, May 31 (IPS) – While Africa is yet to fully recover from the socio-economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict...
A young Cambodian woman says it is her dream to help remove all land mines from the south of Lebanon and improve living conditions...
Xenophobia-hit Zimbabweans Saving Countrys Dead Economy
Harare, May 31 (IPS) – Two decades ago, Trynos Mahamba left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom, but back home, he has changed the lives...
Do more for environment or risk planet becoming ‘human sacrifice zone’: UN experts
It’s been five decades since Sweden hosted the world’s first conference to make the environment a major issue, in recognition of the “human sacrifice...
Rivers Have no Borders: The Motto of Their Defenders in Peru
LIMA, May 30 (IPS) – “Water is part of our culture, it is intrinsic to the Amazon,” said José Manuyama, a member of a...
Upset with the Opulence of the Rich? But the World’s Children Are Paying the Bill
MADRID, May 30 (IPS) – The excesses committed by rich people can be deadly–and in fact they are. Be it about food, energy or...
A Global Food Crisis: Shortage Amidst Plenty
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, May 30 (IPS) – The writer is Policy Director at The Oakland Institute, San FranciscoIndia is being asked by the US...
People for Peace: Supporting victims of sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
There is an “urgent need” to support the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) according to...
UN Deeply Troubled by Impending Cuts on Development Aid by Rich Nations
UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (IPS) – The four-month-old Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered a hefty increase in military spending among Western nations...
Could your brain data be used against you? UN calls for limits on neurotechnology 
Ukraine: Critical health supplies destroyed in ongoing Russian attacks 
AI, green energy and economic transitions risk leaving vulnerable communities behind, UN warns 
Afghanistan faces record hunger levels amid rampant rights violations