Zelenskyy urges stronger pressure on Russia, warns war’s impact is spreading beyond Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday called for intensified pressure on Russia to end its war against Ukraine, arguing that Moscow continues to incur...
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Rohingya refugees deserve a future beyond survival, not endless displacement
Nine years after the mass displacement of the Rohingya from Myanmar, their situation remains one of the world’s most protracted and complex refugee crises,...
Guterres calls on countries to set clear timelines for transition away from fossil fuels
“We are the first generation with the tools to end the fossil fuel age – and the last who can avert climate catastrophe,” UN...
A New Arms Race is Threatening to Take-off—this time in Outer Space
UNITED NATIONS, September 24 (IPS) – The world’s ongoing arms race is threatening to extend beyond planet earth—and spillover into outer space.The US has...
Equality ‘ends at the doors of the Security Council’, Kenya’s Ruto tells General Assembly
Kenyan President William Ruto told the General Assembly on Wednesday that the sovereign equality the UN proclaims is contradicted by its own structures, urging...
The Overlooked Fast Track for Cutting Planetary Warming
NEW YORK, September 24 (IPS) – Among the three of us, we have 15 decades of high-level experience in climate science, policies and actions,...
Right to development: A blueprint for unmet promises
Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking Declaration on the Right to Development this December, world leaders gathered at a High-Level Week meeting...
United Kingdom announces action on disinformation and global AI standards
The United Kingdom will fight disinformation at home and abroad, and work to ensure global safety standards for artificial intelligence (AI), new Prime Minister...
DR Congo Ebola outbreak toll exceeds 3,700 deaths
More than 130 days into the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health experts said on Wednesday that response...
UN health agency calls for investment boost to save young lives from cancer
More children and young people are beating cancer, but progress remains uneven across regions and age groups, highlighting the need for increased investment to...
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