Europe hotting up more than twice global average: WMO
Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years – the highest of any continent in...
Intimidated, jailed, abused: Threats against journalists harm us all, warns UN chief
Governments and the international community must take action to protect the people who bring us the news, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his...
UN refugee chief calls for greater focus on climate and conflict factors
Responses to climate change must also consider its link to both conflict and the displacement it causes, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi,...
Humanity’s basic right to life is being threatened by insufficient action in the face of the climate emergency, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Mexican Environmental Prosecutor’s Office Dodges Charges against Mayan Train
MEXICO CITY, Nov 02 (IPS) – A beige line slashes its way through the Mayan jungle near the municipality of Izamal in the southeastern...
Tackling Recurring Hunger Crises at the Horn of Africa – Beginning with Somalia
URBANA, Illinois, USA, Nov 02 (IPS) – The statistics are stark. The crisis is unprecedented. Yet again, according to the United Nations, famine looms...
A Beacon of Light in Dark Times: the Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders
DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov 02 (IPS) – Before she was murdered in Honduras in 2016, the Lenca Indigenous woman and human rights defender Berta Cáceres...
Early Coal Retirement: How about a Global Auction
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 02 (IPS) – Report after report highlights that we can only achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions required by the...
Deer-vehicle collisions spike when daylight saving time ends
People pay deerly for the switch from daylight saving time. The change to standard time in autumn corresponds with an average 16 percent increase...
A major malaria outbreak in Ethiopia came from an invasive Asian mosquito
In early 2022, malaria cases in the Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa surged, with more than 2,400 people sickened. The spike in infections was...
Abyei: Deadly drone strikes mark ‘new and concerning’ threat, UN peacekeeping chief warns 
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Two new Ebola vaccines to join DR Congo clinical trial 
Children at risk as war zone attacks on water and sanitation more than triple