Transparency Offers Pathway to a More Sustainable Earth
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Apr 27 (IPS) – Last week, the world marked Earth Day – an opportunity to put the spotlight on the pressing...
The rights of indigenous people to make decisions about their cultural heritage and traditional way of life is being recognized in a United Nations...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 27 (IPS) – Producers and consumers seem helpless as food all over the world comes under fast growing corporate control....
Q&A: Drawing Attention to the Crisis in the DRCs Education Sector
GOMA, DR Congo, Apr 27 (IPS) – Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), has sounded the alarm on the need for Central...
In his message for Chernobyl International Remembrance Day on Monday, the UN chief reminded that “disasters know no borders”. Read the full story, “‘Disasters...
Forests are at the core of our efforts to restore our relationship with the natural world, the deputy UN chief said on Monday at...
A recent spike in inter-community violence in the eastern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening the plight...
Stars made of antimatter could lurk in the Milky Way
Fourteen pinpricks of light on a gamma-ray map of the sky could fit the bill for antistars, stars made of antimatter, a new study...
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on Asian and Pacific countries not to base their pandemic recovery strategies on “outdated and unsustainable economic models”,...
World Military Spending Rises to a Hefty $2.0 Trillion Despite UN Pleas for Cutbacks
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 26 (IPS) – The United Nations– which is desperately seeking funds to help developing nations battling a staggering array of socio-economic...
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