World has ‘gambled on fossil fuels and lost’, warns Guterres
The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount of resources, such as fossil fuels, will only deliver...
Slave Markets Open 24/7: Refugee Babies, Boys, Girls, Women, Men
MADRID, Jun 17 (IPS) – In addition to slave selling and buying deals in public squares, as reported time ago in ‘liberated’ Libya, a...
Seven newfound dwarf galaxies sit on just one side of a larger galaxy
PASADENA, Calif. — The faint dwarf galaxies in a nearby galaxy group seem to have missed the memo. Instead of being dispersed evenly around...
Western wildfires’ health risks extend across the country
After a relaxing day at the Jersey Shore last July, Jessica Reeder and her son and daughter headed back home to Philadelphia. As they...
A COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5 is nearly here
The littlest kids in the United States are nearly done waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine. On June 15, an advisory committee to the U.S....
A record 37 million children displaced worldwide: UNICEF
Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes by the end of last year, the UN Children’s...
Taliban: The Return of Misogynistic Gynophobes in Afghanistan
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 17 (IPS) – Gynophobia is defined as an intense and irrational fear of women or hatred of women, it may...
MONA, Jamaica, Jun 17 (IPS) – On Monday June 20, there will be an informal high-level UN meeting to mark the commemoration of the...
Amid the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Haiti, discussions about the country’s future governance remain deadlocked, UN Special Representative Helen La Lime said in...
Sri Lanka: WFP ramps up emergency support, beginning with pregnant mothers in need
The World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday began distributing food vouchers to pregnant women in underserved districts of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, marking...
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 4 
Countries adopt global blueprint to tackle fast-evolving crime in digital age 
‘Safeguard the postwar order,’ China tells UN General Assembly 
‘Invest with Iraq’: PM sets out vision for new economic future