Haiti ramps up the fight against gangs in the capital, but violence spreads elsewhere
The killings in Kenscoff began late Sunday, when armed men descended on the farming community in the hills overlooking Haiti’s capital, setting homes ablaze...
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Grand Planetary Challenges Need a Grand Coalition to Solve Them
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 26 (IPS) – Several coalitions exist today to defend the territories in which people live and work. Global leaders have long...
A Divided Vote for the UN’s Human Rights Chief
BRUSSELS, Belgium, August 26 (IPS) – On 24 July, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly reappointed Volker Türk as High Commissioner for Human Rights...
UN chief, Red Cross renew call for rules on lethal autonomous weapons
Amid unconfirmed reports that fully autonomous and AI-guided drones are now being used on the battlefield, UN chief António Guterres and the President of...
Retired in Ukraine: One Cheese, Two Chickens and a Dozen Eggs
UZHGOROD, Ukraine, August 25 (IPS) – Marina says she does not particularly like her flowers, but that, “for some reason,” people buy them. Read...
Colombia Declares State of Emergency Following Deadly Earthquake
UNITED NATIONS, August 25 (IPS) – Over the past week, the humanitarian crisis in Colombia has deteriorated significantly following the Mw 7.4–7.5 earthquake that struck...
Japan’s ‘2050 Weather Forecast’ highlights extreme heat in the future
As extreme heat becomes an increasingly visible reality across Japan, meteorologists, scientists, businesses and professional footballers are joining forces to encourage stronger climate action...
Can restoring land create jobs? These young entrepreneurs are proving it
From Ecuador to Bangladesh, a new generation of entrepreneurs is turning land restoration into economic opportunity. Whether repurposing agricultural waste, building greenhouses or deploying...
Gaza: Children still at risk despite drop in acute hunger
Among tent cities pitched on the rubble of destroyed homes in Gaza, children are, by one measure, finally getting enough to eat. By another,...
100 days of Ebola and the race to stop the spread
A hundred days after the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was declared, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing an epidemic of an unprecedented...
COP17: The world has a plan to save nature. Is it working? 
Flour sacks turned flood barriers: Gaza faces another winter without safe shelter 
WHO scales up Ebola readiness in 22 countries across three continents 
Ukraine: Civilian casualty rates among ‘deadliest’ in years, as energy attacks intensify