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UN Secretary-General on Monday called on Asian and Pacific countries not to base their pandemic recovery strategies on “outdated and unsustainable economic models”,...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...
The latest shipwreck in the Caribbean has highlighted the need for safe migration pathways, particularly in the COVID-19 era when many borders remain closed,...
A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled on Monday to reach more than 50 million children who have missed lifesaving jabs against diseases such as measles,...
Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Infants and Young Children
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Apr 26 (IPS) – The author is the Executive Director of the BRAC Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University in Bangladesh.Conventional wisdom...
NEW YORK, Apr 26 (IPS) – The writer* is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security and Vice-President of the International...
To Effectively Combat Climate Change, Listen and Act on Ideas from the Youth
URBANA, Illinois, Apr 26 (IPS) – Recently, I participated in Kids Climate Summit 2021, a virtual event that gave younger students an opportunity to...
This praying mantis inflates a strange pheromone gland to lure mates
Praying mantises — with their angular features, huge eyes and centaur posture — often seem a bit alien. But researchers have recently found one...
The UN Special Representative in Iraq expressed “shock and pain” on Sunday over a deadly accident that befell a COVID-19 hospital in Baghdad, the...
First Person: Rohingya refugees traumatized again, after devastating camp fire
A Rohingya refugee and volunteer for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has been telling UN News how his community has been “once again...
Inside the New York ‘time machine’ racing to save a century of sound and film 
Two Summits in Bangkok: IMF/World Bank and Finance Ministers Inside, the People’s Assembly Outside 
CHINA: ‘My Sister Has Been in a Chinese Prison for Eight Years Because I Exercised My Freedom of Speech’ 
COP17: The world has a plan to save nature. Is it working?