World Food Day: Climate Change is Exacerbating Hunger & Conflict—it’s Time to Break the Cycle
STOCKHOLM, Oct 13 (IPS) – Hunger, violent conflict and the visible impacts of climate change are all on the rise. World Food Day, October...
Atoll Nation of Tuvalu Adopts ‘Cubes’ to Step Up Nutritious Food Production
CANBERRA, Australia, Oct 13 (IPS) – Tuvalu, a small atoll island nation in the Central Pacific Ocean, is one of few countries in the...
Can we make transport safe and sustainable? An interview with motorsport chief, Jean Todt
Many developed countries have announced plans to ensure that fossil-fuel powered cars will be taken off the roads in the coming decades, but Jean...
Migrants and asylum seekers in Libya have been facing increasingly heavy-handed treatment from targeted security operations, that have resulted in at least one death and...
From electric cars and buses to zero-carbon producing energy sources, new and emerging technologies along with innovative policy changes, are critical for combating climate...
Inclusion is fundamental to rebuild societies in the wake of war and achieve durable peace, UN Secretary-General told world leaders, ambassadors and prominent global citizens meeting in the Security Council on...
The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and woman human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of “incitement to subversion” and being a foreign...
The COP26 climate change conference must be “a turning point” if countries are to limit global temperature rise in line with the Paris Agreement,...
Nostalgia may have bona fide benefits in hard times, like the pandemic
Over 300 years ago, Swiss physician Johannes Hofer observed disturbing behaviors among Swiss mercenaries fighting in far-flung lands. The soldiers were prone to anorexia,...
The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there, the UN refugee...
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 5 
Lavrov issues call for new Eurasian ‘security architecture’ 
Cuba warns against ‘law of the jungle’ as Foreign Minister denounces US pressure 
Saudi Arabia warns Gulf security inseparable from global stability amid regional tensions