The head of the UN health agency has criticized “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in the past few days to stop the spread of...
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Battle to end HIV, COVID, demands greater international solidarity
The early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were “plagued by confusion, fear, isolation, and discrimination” against those infected or at high risk, the President...
Israel-Palestine: Risk of ‘deadly escalation’ in violence, without decisive action
With violence continuing daily throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process urged the Security Council on Tuesday to adopt a more coordinated approach to the...
Global trade is expected to be worth about $28 trillion this year – an increase of 23 per cent compared with 2020 – but...
“Myths and misconceptions” about HIV and AIDS continue to fuel stigma and discrimination in the workplace, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Tuesday. Read the full story, “Workers...
UN chief: Global vaccination plan is ‘only way out’ of the pandemic
With more people dying due to COVID-19 this year than in 2020, the UN Secretary-General argued on Tuesday that “the only way out of a global pandemic – and out of this unjust and...
How Inequality Drives HIV in Adolescent Girls and Young Women
Nov 30 (IPS) – Despite the advances that have been made against HIV, the world has 37 million people living with HIV. And 680,000...
How to Tackle the Femicide Epidemic
BRISTOL, UK, Nov 30 (IPS) – Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the increase in domestic violence rates has led the United Nations...
Fighting Loss of the Greater Mekongs Prized Rosewood Forests
CANBERRA, Australia, Nov 30 (IPS) – The famed Rosewood forests of the Greater Mekong region in Southeast Asia produce dark, richly grained timbers zealously...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 (IPS) – Carbon offset markets allow the rich to emit as financial intermediaries profit. By fostering the fiction...
Disasters cost $228 billion in housing losses every year 
Ukraine: Residents killed and dozens injured in attacks on Kharkiv and Kyiv 
‘Need for UN has never been greater,’ UN chief says, proposing slimmer $3.3 billion budget for 2027 
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