World Braille Day: Pandemic shows importance of information access for all
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how critical it is to ensure essential information is accessible to everyone, including people living with disabilities. On World...
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Bangladesh: Fire rips through COVID treatment centre for Myanmar refugees
A devastating fire has ripped through a COVID-19 treatment centre for Myanmar refugees sheltering in Bangladesh, UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday. Read the full...
UN chief ‘encouraged’ by first joint statement from key nuclear armed States
The Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed a joint statement issued on Monday by five nuclear armed States on the prevention of nuclear war and the avoidance...
Ecstasy as Zimbabwe’s Small-holder Farmers Secure European Pineapple Market
Harare, Zimbabwe, Jan 04 (IPS) – In her wildest dreams, smallholder farmer Sarudzai Sithole never imagined that her pineapples could someday stock the produce...
Journalists Who Faced Relentless, Targeted Attacks: 293 Imprisoned in 2021
NEW YORK, Jan 04 (IPS) – This past year, uncertainty blanketed our world. The COVID-19 pandemic, the rapidly advancing climate crisis, the pervasive nature...
NEW YORK, Jan 04 (IPS) – The Corona-19 pandemic has had an unparalleled and relentless toll on the world in areas beyond health alone....
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, regretted on Monday the Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s decision to step down. Read the full story, “Special Representative...
Once Tossed and Abused, Human Trafficking Survivor Finds Solace
Goa, India, Jan 03 (IPS) – For over two decades, Nina tossed around like a leaf in a storm. While a teenager, she was...
AUSTRALIA, Jan 03 (IPS) – The new Yangtze River Protection Law (YRPL), which came into effect on March 1, 2021, is China’s first legislation...
The winner of this year’s Photography4Humanity prize is Indian photographer Apratim Pal, for his picture “A Thirsty Earth”, which captures both the environmental and...
UN report warns of reprisals against those who collaborate in defence of human rights 
Gaza: At least 20 killed in deadly building collapse, search for survivors continues 
Security Council LIVE: ‘Being a woman is a crime in Afghanistan,’ civil society briefer declares 
AI, climate and conflicts top Guterres’s agenda ahead of General Assembly