Deadly Smoke: Feeding Children Kills Cafeteria Staff
Seoul, Sep 28 (IPS) – During my summer break this year, I read a news article about five school cafeteria workers who had died...
Reasonable Left, Irresponsible Right: & the Future of Social Democracy
VIENNA, Sep 28 (IPS) – With no shortage of catastrophes in the past 15 years worldwide — the democratic left is stepping up to...
Korean Slums: The Shadows of Society, or the New Light for the Future?
Sep 28 (IPS) – Have you watched Parasite? In 2021, everyone seemed to be watching it. But I wonder how many of them paid...
Authorities in Iran must fully respect the rights of protestors calling for justice for Mahsa Amini, the young woman who died in custody after...
‘Dire’ and deteriorating pattern of rights abuse continues in Ukraine
Ongoing armed attacks by Russia against Ukraine have led to devastating human rights abuses there, according to a new report released on Tuesday by...
UN urges investment in clean, sustainable tourism, as numbers bounce back
International tourism is showing strong signs of recovery, with tourist numbers rising to 57 per cent of pre-pandemic levels. On World Tourism Day, marked...
“Patience is running out” for many in the international community when it comes to effectively engaging with Afghanistan’s de facto rulers, the Taliban, senior...
Referenda in Russian-controlled Ukraine ‘cannot be regarded as legal’: UN political affairs chief
Recent so-called referenda conducted in four Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine cannot be considered legal under international law, the UN’s political affairs chief, Rosemary DiCarlo,...
From Indonesia to India: Is There Hope for Anti-Corruption Efforts Within the G20?
WASHINGTON DC, Sep 27 (IPS) – As global crises mount, the G20 is proving unable to find solutions. Political disagreements within the bloc- including...
A University for the Kurds of Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria, Sep 27 (IPS) – There is a main hall as well as workshops, laboratories and, of course, a cafeteria, where the half-hour...
Abyei: Deadly drone strikes mark ‘new and concerning’ threat, UN peacekeeping chief warns 
World News in Brief: Korea tensions mount, UN demands answers over staff death in Yemen, Guterres in Spain, Nepal alert ahead of COP31 
Two new Ebola vaccines to join DR Congo clinical trial 
Children at risk as war zone attacks on water and sanitation more than triple