Israel-Palestine: No substitute for legitimate political process, UN envoy tells Security Council
The destabilizing deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continues in the absence of political solutions that would “reset the trajectory”, the...
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Sugarcane Gas Opens New Horizons for Energy Agriculture – Video
NARANDIBA, Brazil, Feb 23 (IPS) – Nothing is wasted from sugarcane, one can conclude from the biomethane production process at the Cocal plant, a...
Tension over Migration Awaits New President and New Constitution in Chile
SANTIAGO, Feb 23 (IPS) – The failure of Chile’s immigration policy, with its toll of deaths, xenophobic sentiments but also shows of solidarity, will...
Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the release of four members of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) who were...
Caring for The Old
PORTLAND, USA, Feb 23 (IPS) – With the unprecedented ageing of populations worldwide, countries are struggling with the critical questions of who should be...
Wildfires are projected to rise by 50 per cent by the end of the century due to the climate crisis and changes in land...
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Feb 23 (IPS) – Fifty-nine years ago, Bob Dylan recorded “With God on Our Side.” You probably haven’t heard it on...
Baby formula marketing ‘pervasive, misleading and aggressive’ – UN report
Parents and pregnant women globally are exposed to aggressive marketing for baby formula milk, according to a report launched jointly by two UN agencies...
If Security Council Fails, Violation of UN Charter Should Go Before International Court of Justice
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (IPS) – The widening political crisis in Ukraine, which has taken a turn for the worse with the declaration of...
Ukraine: What’s Really Behind Putin’s Deployment of ‘Peacekeeping’ Troops? Experts Explain
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, Feb 22 (IPS) – Vladimir Putin’s recognition of the independence of the two breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk followed a...
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