The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support Uganda as the Government there responds to a deadly Ebola outbreak, agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...
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The UN General Assembly passed a resolution by a large majority on Wednesday, calling on countries not to recognise the four regions of Ukraine...
Venezuelan refugees and migrants struggle to survive in Latin America and the Caribbean
The spiraling cost of living, fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and high unemployment rates, have made it difficult for many Venezuelan refugees and migrants...
Business leaders deliver bold solutions to unlock long-term investment in SDGs
Top business executives joined the UN chief on Wednesday to present transformative solutions for bridging the estimated $4.3 trillion-dollar financing gap for countries the...
Africa: Response to climate crisis doesn’t match ‘magnitude of the challenge’
African States are on the front line of the climate crisis, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, but far more...
Doubts about Chiles Green Hydrogen Boom
SANTIAGO, Oct 12 (IPS) – In Magallanes, Chile’s southernmost region, doubts and questions are being raised about the environmental impact of turning this area...
Finland’s failure to repatriate its own child citizens held for years in camps under life-threating conditions in northeast Syria, is a violation of their...
Reform Needed As Big Business, Not Vulnerable Communities Benefit from Post-Pandemic Support
BRATISLAVA, Oct 12 (IPS) – Governments and international financial institutions must adopt new ways of providing post-pandemic support, say campaigners after a report found...
GENEVA, Oct 12 (IPS) – Since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military draft on September 21st aiming to mobilise around 300,000 Russian men...
Fifty-four countries that are home to more than half of the poorest people on the planet need urgent debt relief now, the UN Development...
WHO scales up Ebola readiness in 22 countries across three continents 
Ukraine: Civilian casualty rates among ‘deadliest’ in years, as energy attacks intensify 
As disasters mount, next UN climate summit faces a test of trust 
Gaza: 340 children killed despite ceasefire agreement – UNICEF