COVID-19: Depression, anxiety soared 25 per cent in a year
In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global rates of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25 per cent, the World Health...
To spare Afghanistan, world must engage with Taliban, Lyons tells Security Council
Six months after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, it is time for concerned countries to deepen their engagement with the country’s new...
Over one billion people at risk of hearing loss: WHO
Alerting that over one billion people aged 12 to 35, risking losing their hearing due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud music and...
We Must Carry on Paul Farmers Work on Social Determinants of Health
ABUJA, Mar 02 (IPS) – Paul Farmer, the legendary global health equity warrior, recently died in his sleep from heart-related complications at the University...
Ukraine crisis: UN agencies support rising tide of refugees
The number of people fleeing the Russian onslaught in Ukraine surpassed 874,000 as of Wednesday morning New York time, data from the UN refugee...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 02 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8.The devastating effects...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Women Demanding Justice & Peace in the Streets of Myanmar
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Women Demanding Justice & Peace in the Streets of Myanmar
NEW YORK, Mar 02 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. This will be...
Young Argentine Women Forge a Future in Cooperative Factory
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 02 (IPS) – “We started making shampoos and soaps in the kitchen of a friend’s house in 2017. We were five...
Its Time to Step up for Street Vendors Rights
MUMBAI, India, Mar 02 (IPS) – In the second week of January 2022, Purushottam—locally known as Prashant—a street vendor in central Delhi’s Connaught Place...
With One Million Species Endangered, the Web of Life Is at Risk of Extinction
MADRID, Mar 02 (IPS) – These are not by any means just mere figures. It is about the risk of extinction of the whole...
‘Make or bake time’: Guterres urges climate justice pact as leaders gather at COP31 
Lebanon: After 48 years patrolling the Blue Line, UN peacekeepers prepare exit 
Hotter World, Older Population: How Long Can Climate COPs Ignore the Obvious? 
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026