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 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted in 1995 during the Fourth World Conference on Women, remains a ...

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

Lack of water threatens the very existence of family farming in Chile, forcing farmers to adopt new techniques or to leave their land. The shortage is caused by a 15-year drought and exacerbated by ...

More durable than bronze, higher than Pharaoh’s pyramids is the monument I have made, a shape that angry wind or hungry rain cannot demolish, nor the innumerable ranks of the years that march in ...

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

Despite earlier income convergence among nations, many low-income countries (LICs) and people are falling further behind. Worse, the number of poor and hungry has been increasing again after declining ...

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, ...

Electrical panels are the heart of any building’s electrical system, distributing power to every room, appliance, and device. In Chicago, where buildings range from historic homes to modern high-rises ...

In today’s fast-moving business world, CEOs and leaders are continuously faced with complex challenges that require strategic thinking, fast decision-making, and resilience. Surprisingly, one of the ...