LONDON, Feb 25 (IPS) – It is now clear diplomacy matters little to Vladimir Putin. Despite the efforts of a string of presidents and...
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UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) – As a new political twist to an old saying goes: the dogs bark but the military caravan moves...
Amid reported deadly missile attacks from Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine, including the capital Kiev and other cities, terrified families have been forced to seek shelter underground,...
Women building a sustainable future: the Kenyan engineer fighting for equality
Norah Magero, a Mechanical Engineer and Renewable Energy Expert from Kenya, is helping communities adapt to the changing climate, in the face of gender...
Ukraine Crisis: Protecting civilians ‘Priority Number One’; Guterres releases $20M for humanitarian support
Russian military operations inside the sovereign territory of Ukraine “on a scale that Europe has not seen in decades, conflict directly with the United...
Senior UN official meets first person in US vaccinated against COVID
The first American to be vaccinated against the COVID virus and a first-responder in New York City, Sandra Lindsay, met with Abdulla Shahid, President...
France has violated the rights of French children detained for years in camps in northeast Syria by failing to repatriate them, the UN Child...
‘Political impasse’ hampering change and reform in Iraq
Political leaders in Iraq must urgently overcome their divisions and work for the good of the people, the top UN official in the country...
Pandemic Hit Domestic Workers Especially Hard in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 24 (IPS) – “Woman, poor, black and illiterate” – most domestic workers suffer quadruple discrimination in Brazil, which made them...
The United Nations has condemned the killing of eight polio vaccination workers in four locations in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the first such attacks...
When AI goes rogue, its human overseers may be to blame 
Who should set the rules for AI? The UN is pushing for a safer digital future 
Bangladesh Must Face Its Quiet Crisis of Internal Displacement 
ETHIOPIA: ‘Reporting on Abuses Shouldn’t Be Treated as a Threat to National Interest’