UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16 (IPS) – As New York city struggles to cope with the widespread outbreak of the deadly new coronavirus Delta variant...
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STOCKHOLM / ROME, Aug 16 (IPS) – I am in the Swedish countryside, lush and beautiful in its late summer attire, having a conversation...
Afghanistan: Guterres urges restraint as Taliban reach Kabul; UN Security Council set to meet Monday
Afghanistan: Guterres urges restraint as Taliban reach Kabul; UN Security Council set to meet Monday
As the crisis in Afghanistan deepens by the hour, with reports that insurgent forces reached the country’s capital, Kabul, earlier on Sunday, UN Secretary-General...
FROM THE FIELD: The pollution challenge facing the ‘Dragon’s Jewels’ of Viet Nam
A community-led project to manage some 28,000 tonnes of plastic waste and prevent 5,000 tonnes from ending up in the ocean is being supported...
Thailand flexes financial muscle to grapple with climate crisis
“Social responsibility and sustainable profit” can go hand in hand according to the chief of Thailand’s government pension fund. The UN, and some of the...
7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti; UNICEF set to reach children, families with humanitarian aid
7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti; UNICEF set to reach children, families with humanitarian aid
The United Nations is working to support rescue and relief efforts in Haiti following a powerful earthquake that reportedly left hundreds dead, with perhaps...
UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed deep concern on Friday over Israeli military interference in the work of a well-known, independent Palestinian child rights...
The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on Taliban militants to “immediately halt” their offensive against Government forces and return to the negotiating table in...
Expressing alarm over “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide”, more than 40 UN-appointed human rights experts on Friday called for an end to...
Rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are carrying out horrific sexual attacks against women and girls, the UN Refugee...
Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects 
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