Developing Countries Must Grow More Food; Climate change and war on Ukraine a wake-up call
LETHBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 08 (IPS) – As our planet continues to heat up, extreme weather has affected many of us. From the west coast...
Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 08 (IPS) – With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health advocates are...
NEW YORK, Sep 08 (IPS) – This week, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, released his first report....
As the war in Ukraine “continues to rage,” the UN political and peacebuilding chief updated the Security Council, saying on Wednesday that 5,718 people...
Pollution and climate change upsurge the risk of ‘climate penalty’
A rise in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves will not only increase wildfires this century but also worsen air quality – harming...
China must address grave human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), and the international community must not turn a blind eye,...
Without investment, gender equality will take nearly 300 years: UN report
Achieving full gender equality, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could take close to 300 years if the current rate of progress...
Somalia: UN envoy calls for collaboration to achieve new administration’s goals
Following the end of the “contentious” electoral process in May, the political climate in Somalia is now more conducive to addressing key national priorities,...
Hundreds of Millions of Children Sentenced to Ignorance
MADRID, Sep 07 (IPS) – More than two-thirds of 10-year-olds are unable to read and understand a simple text. This shocking finding should be...
COVID-19 Forced Ugandan Teachers to Go Digital, Teaching Them Important Lessons
KAMPALA/KABALE, Sep 07 (IPS) – Before the outbreak of COVID-19, an education officer in the district neighbouring Uganda’s capital Kampala decreed that teachers could...
Rising Trade Values Mask the True Cost of Global Supply Chain Disruptions 
Why Dhaka Floods Every Monsoon 
These mammal ancestors birthed live young far earlier than thought 
WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccines