Wealth Buys Protection in Climate Crisis – Oxfam
NAIROBI & SRINAGAR, India, November 5 (IPS) – The world’s wealthiest people are driving a disproportionate share of climate pollution while poorer communities bear...
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Turning Nuclear Memory Into Joint Action: Kazakhstan and Soka Gakkai Expand Their Cooperation
ASTANA / TOKYO, November 5 (IPS) – The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and decades of nuclear testing at Semipalatinsk left Japan and...
INDIA: ‘The Protest Movement Refuses to Die down, and the Government’s Legitimacy Is Now in Doubt’
CIVICUS discusses India’s Gen Z-led protest movement and civic space restrictions with Avinash Kumar, National Co-convenor of Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, a network that...
15 years of ‘almost no progress’ in getting young people moving: WHO
One in four adolescents worldwide reported not getting at least 60 minutes of physical activity on any day in the previous week, according to...
Afghan children face narrowing path to education, UN agencies report
More than half of Afghanistan’s children who should be in primary school remain outside formal learning and millions of girls can only dream of...
Syria’s undocumented children ‘pay the price’ of war and a law that shuts out mothers
Many children born in Syria since the war began in 2011 have no legal identity because nationality passes only through fathers – many of...
Fuel price shock: Why developing economies are paying the most at the pump
When war shut the Strait of Hormuz in February, oil prices soared everywhere. But the pain at the pump has been far from equal,...
Gunfire damages tents at Rafah displacement site in Gaza, as aid teams prepare for winter storms
Gunfire hit and damaged multiple tents at a displacement site in Gaza’s northern Rafah region on Tuesday, reportedly causing injuries and forcing a humanitarian...
UN peacekeeping chief warns of ‘security vacuum’ as Blue Helmets leave Lebanon and Western Sahara
The UN’s peacekeeping chief warned on Wednesday that the withdrawal of “Blue Helmets” from Lebanon and Western Sahara risks leaving a dangerous security vacuum,...
The UAE’s Great Leap: Building the City of the Future
VICTORIA, Seychelles, November 4 (IPS) – I have stood on the corniche of Abu Dhabi at many moments over more than thirty years. Each...
Haiti: More than 1,000 killed between July and September, UN report reveals 
Kenya begins countdown towards end of Ebola after last patient discharged 
Africa–Asia: Turning Demographic Change into Opportunity 
Growing Movement Boycotts Krill Products as CCAMLR Fails to Protect Antarctic Ecosystems