UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 2024 (IPS) - On November 6, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the second round of ...

On the day following the US election, UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres issued a brief statement commending the people ...

The Paris Agreement on climate change is a decade old this month. While there has been progress – with new net zero pledges ...

The right to abortion is a human rights issue that no government agency, courts, local and state legislators, or anyone else has the right to violate or impede in any shape or form. It is a ...

Biogas sounds like redemption, the conversion of the sinner. Its production involves extracting energy from filth, from the most disgusting environmental pollution, and at the same time avoiding the ...

Cities are in a unique position, simultaneously the biggest emitters of greenhouse gasses and the most affected areas of the ...

The Arab region is among the most water-scarce regions, as nearly 392 million people live in countries facing water scarcity ...

Imagine living with water up to your knees for half of the year, where homes are flooded, and people constantly fear that the ...

of the years that march in centuries. I shall not wholly die: some part of me will cheat the goddess of death. Thus wrote, not without reason, in 23 BCE the proud and self-conscious Horace. So far, he ...

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5 2024 (IPS) - The decision of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, to adopt two laws that would severely limit or outright ban UNRWA has the potential to set a dangerous precedent, ...

KAMPALA, Uganda / NEW JERSEY, USA, Nov 5 2024 (IPS) - Africa has had a terrible record dealing with extreme poverty. The late Adebayo Adedeji, the legendary head of the United Nations Economic ...