Only one in 10 people who need palliative care are receiving it, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Read the full story, “Only 1 in...
Violence, aid access continues to obstruct humanitarian effort in DR Congo
Violence and access constraints in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to hamper humanitarian operations in a context where one...
Climate change, population increase fuel looming water crisis: WMO
Improved water management, monitoring and forecasting are needed in the face of a looming global water crisis, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and partners said in a report published on Tuesday. Read...
Tigray: Food aid reaches Afar and Amhara, but situation still ‘dire’
The first round of food distributions to people in Afar and Amhara regions impacted by the spread of the conflict in northern Ethiopia has...
Half of Afghanistan’s under-5s expected to suffer acute malnutrition
An estimated 3.2 million Afghan children under five, are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, adding...
Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF
In northern Mozambique, worrying reports emerged on Tuesday that children as young as five have been shown how to handle weapons and indoctrinated to...
ROME and AMSTERDAM, Oct 05 (IPS) – The USA and its allies have repeatedly stated that promoting women’s rights was one of the key...
Work on complex systems, including Earth’s climate, wins the physics Nobel Prize
Earth’s climate is a vastly complex system on a grand scale. On a microscopic level, so is the complicated physics of atoms and molecules...
NEW YORK/GENEVA, Oct 05 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the face of education globally, but for children in emergencies and protracted crises,...
Less Overseas Coal Is Good, But Developing Countries Still Need More Electricity
PARIS, Oct 05 (IPS) – President Xi announced last month that China is stopping its financing for new coal-fired power plants overseas. With this...
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