Expensive Energy from Cheap Sources Hampers Brazils Economy
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 21 (IPS) – Brazil has abundant low-cost energy, but by the time it reaches the consumer it is one of...
UN humanitarians issued an alert on Tuesday over the deteriorating situation for millions of mainly women and children in northeast Nigeria who continue to...
222 million crisis-hit children currently require educational support
A shocking new UN report released on Tuesday indicates that the number of crisis-impacted school-aged children requiring educational support has grown from an estimated 75 million...
Nuclear weapons are “a deadly reminder of countries’ inability to solve problems through dialogue and collaboration”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, urging...
Scientific evidence shows that overexposure to UV radiation is the major cause of skin cancer. To help people protect themselves adequately, a consortium of...
UN brainstorms how to strengthen aid delivery amid ‘megacrises’
Global cooperation is critical to confront the surge in suffering due to conflict, climate disruption, hunger, the rising cost of living, and the COVID-19...
Critical relief supplies for nearly 64,000 people have been delivered to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, two cities in the Government-controlled areas of the eastern Donetska...
Violence, rhetoric, hate speech, drive atrocity crimes in Ukraine and beyond, Security Council hears
Violence, rhetoric, hate speech, drive atrocity crimes in Ukraine and beyond, Security Council hears
The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, reinforcing concerns already voiced by other senior UN officials in the chamber,...
Celebrating the union of body and soul: UN marks International Yoga Day
UN delegates and staffers spread out their yoga mats and stretched into various yoga “asanas” or poses, at an outdoor event on Monday evening...
Tobacco Consumption Slows in the West, Grows in Africa, say Researchers
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 21 (IPS) – Cigarette smuggling has emerged as one of the most lucrative enterprises between Zimbabwe and South Africa, with border...
UN aims to raise nearly $50 million for Nepal flood response 
West Bank: UN rights report warns of forcible displacement from three refugee camps 
UN tells the world: Stop making Africa look small 
Repeated attacks on humanitarian warehouses put vital medical aid at risk in Ukraine: WHO