A “pressure-cooker” heatwave that’s broken temperature records twice in 48 hours in the US northwest and western Canada is being mirrored across large parts...
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UN humanitarians expressed concern on Tuesday at the uncertain situation in Ethiopia’s conflict-ravaged Tigray region despite a ceasefire call from the Government, highlighting the...
Does a New Gold Standard Really Protect Miners?
BERLIN, Jun 29 (IPS) – Many products these days come with the promise that workers and communities all along their supply line are protected...
The Last Coral Reef Wilderness: the Chagos Archipelago
MARYLAND, USA, Jun 29 (IPS) – On the Global Reef Expedition—the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history—scientists from the Khaled bin...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 29 (IPS) – Too many have swallowed the myth that lowering corporate income tax (CIT) is necessary to attract...
Although the fight against terrorism has made important advances in thwarting attacks across the world, the UN chief said on Monday that threats continue...
Migrants smuggled across borders are often subjected to extreme violence, torture, rape and kidnapping, whether in transit or in captivity, but authorities take little...
UN rights office highlights policing reforms to address systemic racism
Radical policing reforms are needed to address systemic racism affecting people of African descent around the world, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday, as her...
WHO guidance on Artificial Intelligence to improve healthcare, mitigate risks worldwide
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds “enormous potential” for improving the health of millions around the world if ethics and human rights are at the heart of its...
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 28 (IPS) – With health systems at a breaking point, hospitals at capacity and desperate family members searching for oxygen for...
Sudan: Drought and war push Darfur and Kordofan towards famine 
Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize Is a Vote of Confidence in a Global Legal Order under Fire 
Scarred blood vessels may be one clue to APOE4’s Alzheimer’s risk 
Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says