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What Will Tomorrow's World Order Look Like?
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov 21 (IPS) - Ukraine, the Caucasus and the Middle East. The latest eruptions of violence mark the end of Pax Americana. The rise of new powers is shifting the global balance of power. Whether tomorrow’s world will be bipolar or multipolar still remains to be seen.
A Sperm Whale Reserve for All of Us
- Inter Press Service
RUSEAU, Nov 21 (IPS) - Roosevelt Skerrit is Prime Minister of DominicaIn Dominica, we are privileged to have over 50 Sperm Whale families living in the calm waters off our western coast as fellow citizens. Living in matrilineal societies led by grandmothers and mothers, these enormous creatures spend time in our waters diving deep for squid, giving birth and raising their young.
Improving Livestock Health Is a Net Positive Move Towards Net Zero
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov 21 (IPS) - The recent downturn in sales of alternative meat products is only the latest evidence that the world is unlikely to give up animal protein completely in the long run.
The World's Right-Wing & Left-Wing Torturers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (IPS) - Jeanne Kirkpatrick, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, once made the distinction between "friendly" right-wing authoritarian regimes (which were mostly U.S. and Western allies) and "unfriendly" left-wing totalitarian dictatorships (which the U.S. abhorred).
Ukraine: Civilian casualties mount, as war enters second winter
- UN News
At least 10,000 civilians, including over 560 children, have been killed and more than 18,500 injured since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission there said on Tuesday.
General Assembly resolution upholds the Olympic Truce
- UN News
Ahead of the Summer Olympics in Paris next year, the UN General Assembly has urged countries to maintain the ancient Greek tradition of observing peace worldwide before, during and after the Games.
Funding shortfall puts WFP operations in Chad at risk
- UN News
Funding constraints and rising humanitarian needs could force the World Food Programme (WFP) to halt assistance to more than a million people in Chad, including newly arrived refugees from Sudan, the UN agency said on Tuesday.
Desperate Afghan returnees from Pakistan face uncertain future: IOM
- UN News
The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) and humanitarian partners are providing critical aid at border crossing points between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the face of a surge in forced returns of Afghan nationals.
Gaza crisis: aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths
- UN News
A “tragic…entirely avoidable surge” in child deaths is expected in Gaza where some 160 youngsters are already being killed every day, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday, after six weeks of aerial bombardment by Israeli forces in response to the 7 October Hamas terror attacks on southern Israel that claimed 1,200 lives and some 240 hostages.
UN agencies urge action to safeguard maternal, child health amidst climate crisis
- UN News
UN agencies on Tuesday issued an urgent call for action, emphasizing the severe health risks faced by pregnant women, babies and children due to worsening climate catastrophes.
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