World Food Day: Climate Change is Exacerbating Hunger & Conflict—it’s Time to Break the Cycle
STOCKHOLM, Oct 13 (IPS) – Hunger, violent conflict and the visible impacts of climate change are all on the rise. World Food Day, October...
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Can we make transport safe and sustainable? An interview with motorsport chief, Jean Todt
Many developed countries have announced plans to ensure that fossil-fuel powered cars will be taken off the roads in the coming decades, but Jean...
The COP26 climate change conference must be “a turning point” if countries are to limit global temperature rise in line with the Paris Agreement,...
The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and woman human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of “incitement to subversion” and being a foreign...
Inclusion is fundamental to rebuild societies in the wake of war and achieve durable peace, UN Secretary-General told world leaders, ambassadors and prominent global citizens meeting in the Security Council on...
From electric cars and buses to zero-carbon producing energy sources, new and emerging technologies along with innovative policy changes, are critical for combating climate...
Migrants and asylum seekers in Libya have been facing increasingly heavy-handed treatment from targeted security operations, that have resulted in at least one death and...
The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there, the UN refugee...
Why Pakistani Women Feel Unsafe in Public Spaces
Karachi, Oct 12 (IPS) – The mauling, groping and tossing of a young woman by a crowd of between 300 and 400 men in...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 12 (IPS) – The world should now be more aware of likely COVID-19 devastation unless urgently checked. Last week, the...
UN chief, Red Cross renew call for rules on lethal autonomous weapons 
Japan’s ‘2050 Weather Forecast’ highlights extreme heat in the future 
Colombia Declares State of Emergency Following Deadly Earthquake 
Retired in Ukraine: One Cheese, Two Chickens and a Dozen Eggs