BRICS: Growing Ambition, Zero Accountability
BRUSSELS, Belgium / MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, September 30 (IPS) – At the 18th BRICS Summit, held on 12 and 13 September in New Delhi, India’s...
Clean your plate – to reduce food loss and waste
Food waste is helping to fuel global warming, one half-eaten sandwich at a time. Read the full story, “Clean your plate – to reduce...
Funding cuts put 8.3 million refugees at risk of losing vital assistance
Haji Mohammad Shafi spent 44 years in Pakistan before he was forced to leave. He sold everything he owned and returned to Afghanistan with...
Yemen escalation fuels fears of further cholera, measles spread
Heavy fighting in Yemen is fuelling concerns of an uptick in cholera, measles and other preventable diseases, as overcrowding at displacement sites threatens to...
DRC: Early access to care and oxygen decisive for Ebola patients’ survival – WHO
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health workers fighting the country’s largest-ever Ebola outbreak are struggling to overcome critical challenges to patient...
Security Council LIVE: DRC peace deals fail to halt fighting as Ebola deepens crisis
The Security Council is meeting in New York on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Tuesday, where clashes between Government forces and M23...
LIVE: Weighing nuclear risks amid rising tensions and war
Amid rising tensions, extreme weather impacts and strikes on nuclear infrastructure in war-torn Iran and Ukraine, UN Member States are returning to the core...
Strategic Blindness at UNGA 81: “Super Intelligence” and “Killer Robots” Take Center Stage as Women’s Rights Take a Back Seat
NEW YORK, September 29 (IPS) – “Artificial intelligence (AI) must be shaped by humanity, with humanity, and for all humanity… Life-and-death decisions must never...
A medieval remedy could offer ideas for beating antibiotic resistance
The 10th century treatment called Bald’s eyesalve attacks microbes in multiple ways. Molecule mixtures from it may inspire modern medicine.
Fragmented Policies Hold Back Agroecology Adoption in Africa’s Congo Basin
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, September 29 (IPS) – Agricultural, land, forestry, environmental and trade policies in the Congo Basin remain compartmentalised at country levels, leaving proven...
WHO calls for urgent health action across the Eastern Mediterranean 
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery 
Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’ 
Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool