A meeting to boost support for UN Peacekeeping ended on Wednesday with 62 countries making new pledges, and advancing existing commitments, to help enhance...
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Africa Free Trade Area, likely spur for growth and development
With productivity-boosting measures, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement could reduce poverty and inequality while spurring sustainable and inclusive growth, according to...
COVID-19 is biggest threat to child progress in UNICEF’s 75-year history
The COVID-19 pandemic is rolling back progress on key childhood challenges such as poverty, health and access to education, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...
What Explains Vaccination Rates in EBRD Regions?
LONDON, Dec 08 (IPS) – Officially reported deaths from Covid-19 started to rise again in autumn 2021 in a number of economies in the...
UN’s truth-teller on racism, xenophobia and intolerance sees signs of hope, amid COVID quagmire and rising hate speech
She is outspoken, candid, and speaks truth to power. She is known to lecture governments and tell them how to improve their track record...
APDA Young Leaders Devise Solutions for the Future
Seoul, South Korea, Dec 08 (IPS) – Whether you look at society, the environment, or technology – the world is changing rapidly. Global organizations...
Future Fertility Fantasies
PORTLAND, USA, Dec 08 (IPS) – Many low fertility countries are having future fertility fantasies. It’s time for them to end those fantasies and...
Climate Crisis Exacerbates Urban Inequality in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 08 (IPS) – The Brazilian megalopolis of São Paulo recorded 932 flooded premises on Feb. 10, 2020. The Mexican city...
A Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zone in the Middle East— & the Elephant in the Room
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 08 (IPS) – Israel’s nuclear presence in the Middle East is best characterized as “the elephant in the room” -– an...
Forty countries now have best-practice trans fat elimination policies in effect, protecting 1.4 billion people from this deadly food compound, according to a report released on Tuesday by the World...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now