The World Health Organization published on Sunday an update on the science regarding the new coronavirus variant Omicron which is causing global concern and...
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First Person: ‘Disability reminds us that there is no such thing as normal’
Eddie Ndopu, an award-winning disability activist from South Africa, and one of 17 United Nations advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals, lives with spinal...
Digital Child’s Play: protecting children from the impacts of AI
Artificial intelligence has been used in products targeting children for several years, but legislation protecting them from the potential impacts of the technology is...
9.4 million people are ‘living their worst nightmare’ in northern Ethiopia due to ongoing conflict
The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United...
UN Refugee Agency concerned about indigenous Venezuelans in Guyana
One meal a day, no shelter, and no drinking water are only some of the difficult living conditions that indigenous Warao families from Venezuela are facing in remote locations across Guyana, the UN...
School Meals Coalition Hopes to Provide a Meal to Every Child
United Nations, Nov 26 (IPS) – Meals at schools not only give each child a nutritious meal but increase enrolments, among other benefits. Read...
UNESCO Member States Adopt Recommended Ethics for AI
PARIS, Nov 26 (IPS) – The member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have agreed on a text of...
Gender, Education and Drop Outs
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Nov 26 (IPS) – While COVID 19 is keeping the world and news media in its constant grip and national politics...
A UN human rights expert welcomed India’s decision to repeal three contentious farm laws that sparked a year of nationwide protests which left 600 people dead in the last year. Read the full story,...
WHO urges caution over travel bans linked to new COVID-19 variant
The UN health agency has urged all countries to adopt a risk-based and scientific approach to travel bans linked to a new COVID-19 variant...
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