Life Below Water the UN Calls for Action on Ocean Protection
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) – President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has told a high-level debate on oceans that the...
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KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 02 (IPS) – The following Oped is part of a series of articles to commemorate World Environment Day June 5With the...
More than one million people in two areas of the war-ravaged Tigray region in Ethiopia have received emergency food assistance since distributions began in March,...
The world must harness “clear, transformative and actionable solutions” to address the ocean crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Tuesday,...
Governments are being urged to finance a new $50 billion roadmap to end the COVID-19 pandemic and drive a fast recovery, announced on Tuesday...
Amidst COVID surge, Asia-Pacific region needs ‘immediate and stronger support’
With the coronavirus still raging in many parts of the world, the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday of vaccine shortages, especially in...
Calls for Zimbabwean Journalist Jeffrey Moyo to be Given a Fair Trail after Bail Denied
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 01 (IPS) – As international correspondent Jeffrey Moyo was denied bail for allegedly breaching a section of the Zimbabwe Immigration Act...
Sowing Water by Restoring Ancient Ditches in the Peruvian Highlands
LIMA, Jun 01 (IPS) – In the highlands near the capital of Peru, more than 3,000 metres above sea level, ageold water recovery techniques...
2021: The Year that Matters for the Poorest People on the Planet
LONDON, Jun 01 (IPS) – This year is being described as pivotal for climate change. That’s not only because we’re reaching a point of...
NEW YORK, Jun 01 (IPS) – World leaders need to act for children and youth struggling to survive and thrive.A few weeks ago, I...
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns 
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’ 
Ebola responders grapple with widening outbreak in DR Congo 
Escalating conflict drives new displacement in Yemen