Global food prices reached an all-time high in February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday. Read the full story, “Food Price...
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Over one billion obese people globally, health crisis must be reversed – WHO
On World Obesity Day, marked on Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to do more to reverse what is a preventable health...
In a resolution adopted on Friday, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva agreed to establish a commission to investigate violations committed during Russia’s...
Amid reports of dwindling food supplies in embattled areas in Ukraine, the World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday began ramping up operations, warning that...
‘Unprecedented’ number of traumatized people flee Ukraine
UN humanitarians on Friday described as “unprecedented,” the continuing outflow of children and families fleeing the “relentless shelling” of Russian military action in Ukraine...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Women Lighting the Way in Off-Grid Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe, Mar 04 (IPS) – Electricity transmission lines run through Chiedza Murindo’s home in Murombedzi, a small town in Zvimba district in Mashonaland...
Miles Law and the War in Ukraine<br>Where you stand depends on where you sit
ROME, Mar 04 (IPS) – This aphorism which dates back to the late 1940s points out that one’s position on issues (where you stand)...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Women in Science Are They Still Hidden Figures?
BONN, Mar 04 (IPS) – Again we commemorate International Women’s Day – it is March, 8. We want to celebrate women’s achievements and raise...
After Russian forces took control overnight of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in south-eastern Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief said...
BERLIN, Mar 04 (IPS) – The writer is is Senior Fellow, Hertie School, Berlin and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Governance, Washington DC.The...
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