Finance Drives World to Stagflation
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 (IPS) – The world is being pressed by financial interests to raise interest rates, ostensibly to check inflation....
NEW YORK, May 10 (IPS) – “Whatever the circle of hell in which we live, I think we are free to break out of...
The UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) welcomed on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres’ appointment of Jens Wandel as its ad interim chief. Read the full story,...
Guterres expresses solidarity as Moldova grapples with fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Moldova, the most fragile of war-torn Ukraine’s neighbors, needs and deserves massive support to match its generosity as a recipient of nearly half a...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate deadly armed group attacks in Djugu Territory,...
Nicaragua: New law heralds damaging crackdown on civil society, UN warns
Under the guise of preventing money-laundering and cutting off terrorist financing, a new law in Nicaragua further restricts the functioning of civil society, “contrary...
Afghanistan: Nearly 20 million going hungry
Nearly 20 million people in Afghanistan – almost half the population – are facing acute hunger, humanitarians warned in a UN-backed report, published on...
UN joins faith-based initiative for shift towards climate-responsible finance
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) joined religious leaders and others on Monday in signing a landmark joint appeal for climate-responsible finance “as a moral...
High-level UN conference debates precious commodity: Land
The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), kicked-off on Monday, in the Ivorian capital....
Zimbabwe’s Press Freedom, One Step Forward, Three Steps Backward
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, May 09 (IPS) – For international journalist Jeffery Moyo, doing his job could land him in prison if Zimbabwe authorities have their...
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World News in Brief: Russian attacks intensify, UN team tours West Bank, ‘unlawful’ elderly deaths 
Mothers get nearly eight times more paid leave than fathers – and women pay the price