A beautiful oak leaf portrait won the 2021 Nikon Small World photography contest
A closeup view of even the most common objects can make the mundane look spectacular. A glimpse of the underside of a southern live...
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) – When the high-level segment of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly opens September 21, the Islamic...
A Milestone Anniversary Reiterates The Culture of Peace is a Movement, not a Revolution
NEW YORK, Sep 13 (IPS) – Today, on 13 September 2021, the UN Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the General Assembly in...
In Somalia, Deputy UN chief encourages progress on women’s political participation, and peaceful elections
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, visited Somalia on Sunday, to express her solidarity with Somali women’s calls for full and equal...
FIRST PERSON: Human trafficking, migrant smuggling, still significant threats in Asia
Human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants are going to remain significant threats to human security, that’s according to a trafficking and migrant expert...
The rise in hate crimes against people of Asian and Pacific Island heritage in the United States since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Twenty years to the day since the terror attack that brought down the iconic Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York...
CommonSensing Project Builds Climate Resilience for Small Island Nations
Sydney, Australia, Sep 10 (IPS) – The UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Programme (IPP) CommonSensing is led by the United Nations Institute for Training...
First Person: A refuge from COVID misinformation
The COVID-19 inoculation is “just like any other vaccine” a UN Women staff member is telling the Syrian refugee women she cares for in camps...
Suicide prevention must be prioritized after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned ahead of...
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint 
FRANCE: ‘The Government Should Learn to Respect Its People, Listen to Them and Consult Them’ 
COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy 
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