Conditions worsen for stranded migrants along Belarus-EU border
At least eight people have died along the border between Belarus and the European Union, where multiple groups of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants have been stranded for weeks in...
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Artist Asks Uncomfortable Questions at Paris Fair
PARIS, Oct 22 (IPS) – How does injustice make you feel? Do you see yourself as a perpetrator, or as a victim? Is there...
Big Brother is Watching You– as Electronic Surveillance Dominates Lives
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22 (IPS) – The British novelist George Orwell’s “1984” characterized a dystopian society where people were restricted from independent thought and...
How these sea-loving mangroves ended up far from the coast
Nearly 200 kilometers from the sea, red mangroves thrive in the rainforests along the San Pedro Mártir River on the Yucatán Peninsula. But how...
Lasers reveal construction inspired by ancient Mexican pyramids in Maya ruins
At Teotihuacan, near Mexico City, three giant pyramids rise above the ancient city’s main street, the Avenue of the Dead. The smallest of these...
At a celebratory concert in New York on Thursday night, marking the anniversary of the foundational UN Charter entering into force, the Secretary-General said that the “spirit of solidarity and...
PARIS, Oct 22 (IPS) – Public development banks have committed to ramp up action to tackle climate change, to protect biodiversity, to promote human...
Plastic pollution in oceans and other bodies of water continues to grow sharply and could more than double by 2030, according to an assessment released on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Read the...
The suffering of survivors of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by World Health Organization staff during the tenth Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is going...
Nuclear Victims’ Experiences Must Be at the Heart of Global Efforts for Assistance and Remediation 
LIECHTENSTEIN: ‘We Have One of the Strictest Abortion Bans in Europe’ 
New reservoir offers innovative solution to South Sudan cattle beef 
‘Advance safety for all’: International police cooperation helps tackle cross-border crime