UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Monday for leaders in Asia to bolster efforts towards finding a peaceful solution to the bloody crisis in...
NEWS
UN independent human rights experts on Monday denounced a government-backed report into racism in the United Kingdom, saying that it further distorted and falsified...
A Growing New Health Crisis Focusing on Emergency Rooms, Medical History & Vaccines
PARIS, Apr 19 (IPS) – The writer is Communication Officer at Liberté Living-Lab, Paris France This year’s World Health Day on 7 April was...
Challenges with Skill Development Programmes During the Pandemic
HYDERABAD, Telangana, India, Apr 19 (IPS) – India’s evolving Technical and Vocational Education and Training ecosystem (TVET) faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic....
MYANMAR CRISIS: Stand with the people and protect them, urges UN rights expert
The international community has a responsibility to protect the people of Myanmar, under attack from their own military, the UN independent human rights expert...
Green transformation will rival industrial revolution: US climate envoy
The transition to a global economic model which will slow down climate change and create jobs will be the “biggest economic transformation since the...
Surviving a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in a Lesotho convent
A 77-year old nun from the southern African country of Lesotho has been telling the UN how she survived a deadly outbreak of COVID-19...
The United Nations Secretary-General, on Friday, called for a “revolution” in urban planning and urban transport to beat back impacts of climate change and...
COVID-19 infections are approaching their highest rates since the pandemic began just over a year ago, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Colombia Gives Nearly 1 Million Venezuelan Migrants Legal Status and Right to Work
Apr 16 (IPS) – Colombia will grant legal status to all Venezuelan migrants who fled there since 2016 to escape their country’s economic collapse...
To turn invisible, we need to tweak the path light travels 
A duo goes against the tide to explain an origin of human endurance 
What happens when you lose your voice? 
Security Council LIVE: Syria’s fragile transition – economic strain, Israeli incursions and progress towards elections