LIVE: Six years on from COVID-19, is the world ready for the next pandemic?
COVID-19 killed millions, shattered health systems and brought the global economy to a virtual standstill. World leaders are meeting Friday to review the lessons...
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Security Council LIVE: Rising tide of forced displacement
At a time when war, climate crises and man-made disasters continue to displace millions around the world, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will...
Sudan’s farmers are ready to return – private investment could get them there
The war in Sudan has devastated the economy and agricultural production, but a UN-backed plan aims to mobilise private sector investment to help farmers...
Africa needs its own AI solutions, not borrowed ones, says expert
Africa should focus its use of technology on solving its own real challenges rather than copying the systems and priorities of other parts of...
Nepal PM urges climate justice after ‘Himalayan tsunami’ devastates country
Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah brought a stark warning from the Himalayas to the UN General Assembly on Thursday, saying catastrophic floods that killed...
Nepal’s Devastating Floods Have Put Women and Girls at Greater Risk
KATHMANDU, Nepal / NEW YORK, United States , September 25 (IPS) – On August 26, 2026, deadly flash floods and landslides ripped through Himalayan...
Forty Years of the ‘Right to Development’: When Growth Excludes, Is It Still Development?
UNITED NATIONS & BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, September 25 (IPS) – World leaders have warned that the most vulnerable people have been left behind as the...
Myanmar: Corporate Complicity in the Spotlight
LONDON, September 25 (IPS) – On 15 September, Norwegian police and security services raided the headquarters of Telenor in Oslo. Authorities accuse the multinational...
From Commitments to Action: Centering Lived Experience in NCD Responses
UNITED NATIONS, September 25 (IPS) – On September 21, just prior to the opening of the United Nations General Assembly Debate (UNGA81), the NCD...
AI-Driven Climate Change Pushes Frontline Communities Further Into Environmental Degradation and Poverty
UNITED NATIONS, September 25 (IPS) – On September 21, Frontline Resource Institute (FRI) hosted its Climate Justice Hub at Fordham University at Lincoln Center...
COP17: The world has a plan to save nature. Is it working? 
Flour sacks turned flood barriers: Gaza faces another winter without safe shelter 
WHO scales up Ebola readiness in 22 countries across three continents 
Ukraine: Civilian casualty rates among ‘deadliest’ in years, as energy attacks intensify