Antimicrobial Resistance Calls for Brainpower of a Space Agency and Campaigning Zeal of an NGO
Nov 17 (IPS) – The cost of infectious diseases is somewhere between staggering and incalculable. Around $8 trillion and 156 million life years were...
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New Report Exposes Americas Color-Blind Legal System
NEW YORK, Nov 17 (IPS) – Once again, the U.S. faces a test case along racial lines. Will the courts mete out justice in...
Double Solution to Ongoing Food and Climate Crises
NAIROBI, Nov 17 (IPS) – For the last ten years, Angeline Wanjira’s food stall at Kirigiti Market in Kiambu County has featured the same...
Why Covid-19 Misinformation Works
SANTIAGO, Nov 17 (IPS) – At the United Nations General Assembly meeting in September, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro used his allotted time at the...
A new Iranian law that raises the prospect of the death penalty for abortion has been condemned by independent human rights experts, who have...
Sensitizing public opinion to the question of Palestine, and promoting a peaceful settlement to the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, are among the goals of the 2021 UN...
Investing in UNRWA is ‘an investment in peace and hope’
At a “critical conference” supporting the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Secretary-General António Guterres outlined on Tuesday, the “essential role” it continues to play...
With more than 300,000 women dying from cervical cancer each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) is joining advocates from across the globe on...
UN backs plans to ensure regular, healthy school meals for every child in need by 2030
Following pandemic-driven school closures, five UN agencies threw their strong support behind an international coalition to improve the nutrition, health and education of school-age...
Conflict prevention means tackling economic, social, institutional drivers of strife
Preventing conflicts requires closing development gaps, shrinking inequality and bringing hope to people around the globe, senior UN officials told the Security Council on...
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