Liberal Facade Hides Lebanon’s Patriarchy
Beirut, Lebanon, Dec 21 (IPS) – Despite its apparent liberalism, Lebanon scores low in gender equality, especially in politics. Read the full story, “Liberal...
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Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka this year’s Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation, has spent three decades helping to safeguard some of the world’s...
MADRID, Dec 20 (IPS) – A bit of fiction. Or maybe not. If things keep going the way they are, the result will be...
COP26 Agreed Rules on Trading Carbon Emissions But Theyre Fatally Flawed
Dec 20 (IPS) – One surprise from COP26 – the latest UN climate change conference in Glasgow – was an agreement between world leaders...
Lebanese ‘deserve the truth’ over deadly port blast: Guterres
One of the UN Secretary-General’s most prominent stops during the second day of his visit to crisis-hit Lebanon was the port of Beirut, where...
Now is the time to explore whether a political process in Syria can meaningfully move forward in 2022, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told...
There is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant is outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to account for around 50,000 deaths worldwide every week, said...
The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan has strongly condemned the killing of a UN-contracted aid worker on Sunday, that also left another injured,...
Quest for Asian Innovation & Solutions in a Networked World
NEW YORK, Dec 20 (IPS) – The UN’s 76th anniversary in 2021 arrived at a time of great upheaval and change. If the world...
Roughly 7.7 million people in Somalia will need assistance and protection in 2022, a 30 per cent rise in just one year, the UN...
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support 
Protecting the Climate Means Protecting Territorial Rights 
I Sustain My Accusation 
‘The War Must Stop’: Nobel Peace Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on the Urgent Need to Protect Ukraine’s Women and Children