The Issue is Exploitation, not Migration
MUMBAI, May 27 (IPS) – “There’s no other option but to return,” said Chitrasen in January 2021, when asked if he would migrate back...
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Why Stakeholder Coalitions Could Be Key to the Glasgow Climate Summits Success
NEW YORK, May 27 (IPS) – The past few weeks brought a burst of optimism on the climate front. It began on April 18...
Odds are increasing that the annual average global temperature will rise beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in at least one of the next five...
To Beat Covid, Beat HIV, & Beat Inequality, Find the Money
GENEVA, May 27 (IPS) – The writer is Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.In this time of intersecting crises –...
The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the already difficult situation of older refugees across Latin America, according to a joint assessment published on Wednesday by...
A call to use Africa’s rich cultural and natural heritage as a catalyst for growth and transformation is “the right appeal at the right...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday urged Libya’s unity government and European Union (EU) countries to act to protect migrants...
The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Wednesday to discuss the derailing of Mali’s transitional government following the apparent forced departure of...
JAKARTA, Apr 07 (IPS) – Residents of Ngadirejo village in Sukaharjo regency, Central Java province, had often found themselves helpless when their wells dried...
During relative calm, growing humanitarian suffering in Syria, a ‘tragic irony’
Violent conflict, terrorism and human rights abuses continue in Syria as its besieged population suffers economic destitution, displacement, detention and abduction, the UN’s Special...
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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