Brutal War on Yemen: Dire Hunger Crisis Teetering on the Edge of Catastrophe
MADRID, Mar 18 (IPS) – Yemen’s already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe, with 17.4 million people now in...
Informal Workers Face Up to the Crisis in Latin America
CARACAS, Mar 18 (IPS) – Doris Martínez was a cook in a Venezuelan restaurant that closed its doors; she emigrated to Colombia, got sick...
UN Ocean Conference 2022: ‘Fleet’ of solutions to be launched
The solutions to restore the health of the ocean -which provides us with oxygen, food and livelihoods- are out there, and in 100 days...
Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil
The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa and Brazil, as an alternative to daily medication,...
How Collective Action Can Move the Needle on Gender Equality
NEW YORK, Mar 18 (IPS) – During this year’s sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66), we are eager to...
What do we mean by ‘COVID-19 changes your brain’?
Like all writers, I spend large chunks of my time looking for words. When it comes to the ultracomplicated and mysterious brain, I need...
What made the last century’s great innovations possible?
In the early decades of the 20th century, a slew of technologies began altering daily life with seemingly unprecedented speed and breadth. Suddenly, consumers...
The magnitude of civilian casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure in Ukraine cannot be denied, the UN political chief told the Security Council on...
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 (IPS) – The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF), which is expected to provide retirement, death, disability and related...
Over the past two weeks, at least 70 migrants have gone missing at sea and are presumed dead off the coast of Libya, the...
The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter 
Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo 
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks 
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes