KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 11 (IPS) – The international community commemorates World Day Against Child Labour on June 12Among the many daunting issues leaders of...
An upsurge in deadly clashes between gangs in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has displaced more than 5,000 people since the beginning of the month, the United Nations said...
New research co-authored by the UN Global Compact revealed on Thursday that none of the G7 leading industrial nations’ main stock indices are aligned...
Scientists have found the origins of a mysterious, deadly flood in India
On February 7, a massive flood rushed through a valley in India’s Himalayan Uttarakhand state, washing out two hydroelectric power plants and leaving at...
An arc of galaxies 3 billion light-years long may challenge cosmology
A giant arc of galaxies appears to stretch across more than 3 billion light-years in the distant universe. If the arc turns out to...
New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO), published on Thursday, calls for providing mental health care that respects human rights and focuses on...
UN agencies scale-up response to address looming famine ‘catastrophe’ in Tigray
The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Thursday for immediate access to deliver lifesaving assistance to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where ongoing...
Security Council urged to bring multilateralism ‘alive’, to tackle serious global challenges
Rules-based multilateralism is not a simple or appealing phrase, a top European Union (EU) official told the Security Council on Thursday, “but our job...
Global Progress Against Child Labour ‘Ground to a Halt’ – UN Report
NEW DEHLI, Jun 10 (IPS) – Malleshwar Rao, 27, spent his early years as a child labourer in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad....
Nine in 10 African nations look set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10 per cent of their populations against COVID-19, the World...
Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar spent 
Human rights chief Türk renews call for end to spiralling Sudan war 
AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an ‘existential risk to humanity’ 
UNGA 81: A United Nations at a Turning Point