Bucha killings raise ‘serious’ questions about possible war crimes: Bachelet
Senior UN officials have echoed the Secretary-General’s call for an independent investigation into the killing of scores of civilians in the Ukrainian town of...
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Palm Oil for Biodiesel in the Amazon: Sustainable Fuel or Deforestation Risk?
MANAUS, Brazil, Apr 04 (IPS) – Oil palm, known as dendezeiro in Brazil, can produce up to ten times more vegetable oil per hectare...
Although more than 160 States have signed a landmark convention on banning landmines, more action is still needed to protect people from these “abhorrent...
LONDON, Apr 04 (IPS) – With the economy in freefall and basics such as food and fuel in dangerously short supply, there is mounting...
UN climate report: We’re on fast track to disaster, warns Guterres
A new flagship UN report on climate change out Monday indicating that harmful carbon emissions from 2010-2019 have never been higher in human history,...
Youth Icon’s Fight for Rights Among India’s Destitute
Lucknow, India, Apr 04 (IPS) – Pooja Shukla, 25, a socialist candidate, has lost her maiden elections to the provincial parliament in Uttar Pradesh...
School Feeding Is Now the Worlds Largest Social Safety Net
KATHMANDU, Apr 04 (IPS) – When Canada and Nepal are used in the same sentence it’s usually because the former is supporting development efforts...
Indian Agriculture Towards 2030
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 04 (IPS) – India began its journey as an independent nation in 1947 with fresh memory of the Bengal Famine of...
Ukraine: Secretary-General calls for probe into Bucha killings
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a suburb...
First Person: A first in psychological aid, for Ukraine refugees in Poland
Many of the millions of refugees forced to leave Ukraine because of the Russian invasion are traumatized and need mental health support. In one...
UN Secretary General Expresses Sadness Over Lives Lost in Nepal-Tibet Flash Floods 
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