Sink or swim: Can island states survive the climate crisis?
Small island nations across the world are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, and their problems have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Mercenaries ‘impede’ peace, must leave Libya to allow elections
The continued recruitment and presence of mercenaries in Libya is impeding “progress in the peace process” and an obstacle to upcoming elections, independent UN...
Delta variant, a warning the COVID-19 virus is getting ‘fitter and faster’
Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread to 132 countries,...
Life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine is being cut off in several countries by fighting and blockades, the UN’s Food and...
Afghanistan: Attack on UN mission draws global condemnation
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemned an attack in its main compound in the western Afghan province of Herat on Friday that left an Afghan police guard dead and...
New delta variant studies show the pandemic is far from over
The coronavirus’s delta variant is different from earlier strains of the virus in worrying ways, health officials are discovering. And those differences may mean...
100,000 children in Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
More than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a tenfold jump over average annual...
What Public Health Officials Can Learn from a New Long COVID Survey
ABUJA, Jul 30 (IPS) – A new survey on public awareness of long COVID by ‘Resolve to Save Lives” showed that among the 40% of Americans...
Muslim Women in Indias Workforce: Where Are They?
Jul 30 (IPS) – Muslims are the largest minority community in India, and yet, they are highly underrepresented both in public and private institutions....
A skeleton from Peru vies for the title of oldest known shark attack victim
When news broke that the oldest known case of a person killed by a shark involved a member of Japan’s Jōmon culture around 3,000...
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