UN Banks on Water as the Game Changer in Food Production and Consumption
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 29 (IPS) – As the United Nations prepares for its solutions-based Global Food Systems Summit in September, officials say resolving issues...
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The Day UN Buried its Report Focusing on Apartheid in Israel
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 30 (IPS) – When the UN’s Beirut-based Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), released a landmark 2017 report on...
An 89-year-old pianist who escaped the Holocaust in Nazi Germany almost eight decades ago, has been explaining how he started playing jazz in memory...
Just over 460 days since the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Europe, more citizens living in the region have now been vaccinated, than the...
An unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar, an island State off the East African coast in the Indian Ocean, is forcing hundreds of thousands to...
People working in the petroleum industry or living near petroleum facilities are at increased risk of developing several different cancer types, according to a...
A “complex and unpredictable security situation” in Tigray continues to impede the delivery of life-saving assistance to Ethiopia’s northern region, the Deputy UN Spokesperson...
The United Kingdom’s intention to cut 85 per cent of its contribution to a flagship UN family planning programme this year, will have devastating...
A Free & Accessible Vaccine is Just out of Reach for Palestinians
GAZA, Apr 29 (IPS) – The writer is a Palestinian living in Gaza and a policy officer for Oxfam. We were able to keep...
CANBERRA, Australia, Apr 29 (IPS) – 3 May is World Press Freedom Day. This is part of a series of IPS features and opinion...
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