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[ad_1] Russian attacks overnight, killed three people – including the girl’s mother – and wounded 11 others, according to news reports. It followed a reported 17...
[ad_1] Her hands loaded with crates, Susan Quintanilla, a union leader of agro-export workers in the department of Ica in southwestern Peru, gets ready to collect...
[ad_1] Big consumer goods companies, in league with the fossil fuel industry, produce more and more plastic, reaping the profits while disregarding the cost and damages...
[ad_1] Thailand’s local newspaper Bangkok Post uses the vow of not launching a coup, promised by the Thai military days before the May 14 election, as...
[ad_1] Opinion by Diana Gutierrez (united nations) Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (IPS) – A few weeks ago we celebrated the...
[ad_1] Student evacuees from Sudan wait to return to Nigeria. Credit: Handout by Abdullahi Jimoh (abuja) Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Inter Press Service ABUJA, May 30 (IPS)...
[ad_1] Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 30 (IPS) – There have been an array of proposals...
[ad_1] WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, Eddie Rowe, told reporters in Geneva that in a major breakthrough, the agency distributed food assistance to 15,000 people in...
[ad_1] Dr Paul Kinoti at the JKUAT snail farm, where he is researching the potential of snail slime cough syrup. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPS by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi)...
[ad_1] Carbon taxes can incorporate the environmental cost of doing business to a product’s final price. Credit: Bigstock Opinion by Tatiana Falcao Monday, May 29, 2023...
[ad_1] The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has now reported on the “Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in the last 20 years.’ Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS...
[ad_1] “I can’t think of a better way than using food to bring everyone to the table,” said Elroi Yee, an investigative reporter and producer of...
[ad_1] Period poverty, or the inability to afford menstrual products, is a serious issue especially in developing countries, an issue menstruating girls and women grapple with...
[ad_1] This feature, which focuses on the illegal trade in substandard and fake medicines, is part of a UN News series exploring the fight against trafficking...
[ad_1] Jaggery making on a sugarcane farm in Mandla. Small-scale farmers in India are benefitting from a scheme where they are able to diversify their farms...
[ad_1] “The United Nations and its partners made strides in rolling back the worst food insecurity last year, but these gains remain fragile, and 17 million...
[ad_1] Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday 31 May, WHO deplored that 3.2 million hectares of fertile land across 124 countries are being used...
[ad_1] Volker Türk was issuing a clarion call to protect and expand civic space, arguing that it’s the only way to enable us all “to play...
[ad_1] “The escalating war is taking a heavy toll on civilians who live close to the front lines, people who cannot go back to their homes,...
[ad_1] Opinion by Volker Turk (geneva) Friday, May 26, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, May 26 (IPS) – In December last year, I launched our year-long commemoration...