WASHINGTON DC, Jun 24 (IPS) – In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost. Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of...
Latin America Vastly Underspends on Green Post-Pandemic Recovery
BUENOS AIRES, Jun 24 (IPS) – Latin America is investing too little in a green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, with only 2.2% of...
A Time for Systemic Solutions in Latin America & the Caribbean
NEW YORK, Jun 24 (IPS) – The first wave of COVID-19 never ended in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Since the region became...
Madagascar’s hungry ‘holding on for dear life’, WFP chief warns
Thousands of families in southern Madagascar are on the edge of starvation, and “holding on for dear life”, the UN food agency chief said...
Humanitarian convoys from Turkey that bring lifesaving aid into northwest Syria must continue, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday. Read...
The benefits of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines outweigh the risk of rare heart inflammation
U.S. health officials will add a warning that the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 could possibly cause rare cases of heart inflammation. The largest-yet review...
Humanitarian convoys from Turkey that bring lifesaving aid into northwest Syria must continue, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday. Read...
Secretary-General underlines UN commitment to Libya
Full implementation of a historic ceasefire agreement and the withdrawal of foreign forces are critical for consolidating peace in Libya, UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo for 29th consecutive year
A total of 184 countries on Wednesday voted in favour of a resolution to demand the end of the US economic blockade on Cuba,...
Defense forces, soldiers from nearby countries and other security personnel have been fighting an “asymmetric war” against armed groups, sparking an “unprecedented humanitarian crisis”, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. Read the full story, “Central African...
Hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty: Türk 
UN condemns deadly wave of drone strikes in war-torn Sudan 
Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’ 
‘Season of fear’: Escalating Israeli attacks on West Bank olive farmers, deadly strikes on Gaza