Sustainable blue economy vital for small countries and coastal populations
With the livelihoods of about 40 per cent of the world’s population living at or near a coast, the second day of the UN...
Societies everywhere are beset by “global diseases” including systemic inequality which have helped fuel a rise in disinformation, or the deliberate spreading of falsehoods, said...
Ukraine: Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption ‘must stop’
The “horrific conflict,” in Ukraine shows no signs of abating, the UN political and peacebuilding chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing out...
A “staggering” average of 71 verified grave violations a day, are committed against children by parties to conflict in more than 30 settings across...
Sharing Minds Can Change the World
Seoul, Bangkok, Jun 28 (IPS) – Parasite, a Korean black comedy film directed by Bong Joon-ho, shows the story of a poor family who...
NATO Summit Set to Further Militarise Europe, Expand in Africa?
MADRID, Jun 28 (IPS) – The three-day North Atlantic Treaty Organisation-NATO Summit in Madrid (28,29, 30 June 2022) is expected to agree to considerably...
Bangladesh Flood Victims Cry for Relief
DHAKA, Jun 28 (IPS) – After losing everything in the recent devastating flood that swept the northeastern districts in Bangladesh, pregnant mother Joynaba Akter,...
Digital Training in Pakistani Villages Yields Bumper Participation
RAHIM YAR KHAN, Punjab, Pakistan, Jun 28 (IPS) – Farmer Abdul Waheed, 32, has been using his cell phone for everything but work for...
‘Elusive’ profiles the physicist who predicted the Higgs boson
ElusiveFrank CloseBasic Books, $30 There’s a lot more to the story of the Higgs boson than just one man named Higgs. Despite the appeal...
“Germany to strike clean energy deals with UAE”
As the Gulf States moves ahead with its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, a senior-level UAE team will visit Germany on June...
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