The head of the UN Children’s Fund, Henrietta Fore, announced her resignation on Tuesday, in order to devote herself fulltime to caring for her husband,...
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The worsening security situation across Afghanistan in the wake of foreign troop withdrawal and Taliban advances, has forced an estimated 270,000 from their homes...
Equitably “redirecting, repurposing or eliminating incentives” that harm biodiversity by at least $500 billion per year is just one of the 21 ambitious targets...
Around one in three countries are not yet implementing remedial programmes to help students catch up on their learning, in the wake of school...
Events that were previously unthinkable in Colombia have been made possible through the historic 2016 peace agreement, the UN envoy for the country told...
UN chief says race to reach SDGs ‘can and must’ be turned around
The COVID pandemic has taken four million lives, devastated the global economy, pushed a further 124 million people into extreme poverty and continues to inflict profound suffering –...
NEW YORK, Jul 13 (IPS) – Could the next wars be triggered by climate change? Until recently, the question might have seemed like science...
UN humanitarians appealed on Tuesday for far quicker access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, after the first aid trucks in days to reach the...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 13 (IPS) – ‘No one is protected from the global pandemic until everyone is’ has become a popular mantra....
“If Only the Fighting Would Stop” A Sudanese Woman’s Wish
GUMURUK, South Sudan, Jul 13 (IPS) – With her bare hands, Roda clears debris and forages scraps from her wrecked teashop after attackers scorched...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now