The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN health agency’s chief described on Wednesday as “an historic day”...
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SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Oct 06 (IPS) – It’s bad enough that mainstream news outlets routinely call the Pentagon budget a “defense” budget. But the...
UN humanitarian agencies and their partners on Tuesday urged countries to honour their pledges to Afghanistan, as they rush to scale-up delivery of lifesaving aid ahead of...
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline globally, with 3.1 million new cases and just over 54,000 new deaths, reported over the last...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 06 (IPS) – When the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan receives the political blessings of the 193-member General Assembly– and eventually inherits...
Since 2017, a campaign by South Korean superstars BTS, and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reached almost every country in the world with...
Only one in 10 people who need palliative care are receiving it, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Read the full story, “Only 1 in...
Africa’s film and audiovisual industries could create over 20 million jobs and contribute $20 billion to the continent’s combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the UN cultural agency,...
Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than...
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic devastated education systems throughout the world, making the year even more difficult for youngsters already embroiled in emergencies and...
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