Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Saturday, August 12, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Aug 12 (IPS) – International Youth Day Statement by ECW Executive Director Yasmine SherifTo save our people and our planet from the life-threatening risks of the climate crisis, we must invest in the education of today’s…
Comment on this storyComment In the amateur drone footage captured that day, a grisly scene unfolded atop one of the world’s most unforgiving peaks. It was July 27 and mountaineers, determined to reach the K2 summit in Pakistan, are shown stepping over the prostrate body of Muhammad Hassan, a local…
Updated August 12, 2023 at 3:53 p.m. EDT|Published August 12, 2023 at 4:37 a.m. EDT A passenger train passes by the damaged parts of an automobile link of the Crimean Bridge, seen in an image from a video released on July 19 by the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee. (AP) Russian…
International Youth Day is marked annually on 12 August and the 2023 edition spotlights green skills and the major role young people will play in driving the much-needed shift towards an environmentally sustainable and climate-friendly mindset. These include technical knowledge and skills that enable the effective use of green technologies…
Comment on this storyComment BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo — Deep in Congo’s forested ravines, a local affiliate of the Islamic State has been growing increasingly deadly — seizing children to swell its ranks, honing its bombmaking skills, and launching ferocious attacks on villages, churches and clinics — without attracting…
Comment on this storyComment KYIV, Ukraine — Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Poland has been among Ukraine’s staunchest supporters, providing military and economic aid, taking in millions of Ukrainian refugees, championing Kyiv’s position in international forums, and transforming its territory into the main conduit for Western arms shipments…
Categorizing countries into “low- and middle-income countries” and “high income countries” is not appropriate for studying healthcare systems and population health. It is misleading to categorize countries for convenience of data analysis and interpretation. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS Opinion by Ifeanyi Nsofor, Sowmya R Rao (abuja) Friday, August 11, 2023 Inter Press…
Credit: UNICEF Sujan Opinion by Robert Jenkins – Lauren Rumble – Verena Knaus (united nations) Friday, August 11, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (IPS) – Did you know that the power of computers has been doubling roughly every two years since the 1960s? Every day it seems there’s…
The men – four national staff and a Bangladeshi citizen – were abducted in the southern governorate of Abyan on 11 February 2022 after returning from a field mission. UN Secretary-General António Guterres was delighted to learn of their release, noting that available information suggests they all are in good…
A young mother sits on a low wooden stool above burning embers from a piece of bark placed in a small earthenware pot. A bright purple and white cloth covers her legs and keeps the smoke from escaping. This is part of a lower-body treatment process for mothers who have…
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