Global Issues

Educating the Mind Without Educating the Heart is No Education at All — Global Issues

Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york)Tuesday, May 14, 2024Inter Press ServiceNEW YORK, May 14 (IPS) - The words above, by the ancient Greek philosopher...

450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues — Global Issues

“Empty streets in Rafah as families continue to flee in search of safety… UNRWA estimates that nearly 450,000 people have been forcibly displaced from...

SBSTTA and SBIBiodiversity Meetings Crucial for the Global South Begin — Global Issues

SBI: Most Crucial Agenda ItemsThe SBI was established under the CBD during the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the...

Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti — Global Issues

Concluding a five-day visit to the region, UNICEF Deputy Director Ted Chaiban noted that fighting has reached new heights and created the worst humanitarian...

UNHCR report — Global Issues

According to the report, Safe Pathways for Refugees – released on Monday – nearly 215,000 permits were granted to individuals displaced by conflict and...

Calls for sustained peace efforts in Yemen as cholera outbreak worsens — Global Issues

Martin Griffiths, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, stressed the critical need for sustained peace efforts during a briefing to Security Council ambassadors.“The conflict in Yemen...

Nearly 2,000 children killed in Ukraine war: UNICEF — Global Issues

UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office and its Regional Director, Regina De Dominicis, released a joint statement saying, “At least 1,993 children in...

Bringing the Worlds Food Production in Line with Global Climate Goals — Global Issues

Opinion by Dan Drollette Jr (northampton, massachusetts)Tuesday, May 14, 2024Inter Press ServiceNORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, May 14 (IPS) - Food systems—how we grow, transport, prepare, and...

Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti — Global Issues

Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is gripped by insecurity due to gang violence and now UNHAS, which is managed by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP)...

Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN underscores $2.8 billion aid appeal for Gaza, West Bank — Global Issues

“Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah since the first evacuation order a week ago,” the UN agency said in a post on X, referencing...

‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency — Global Issues

“Wildlife crime inflicts untold harm upon nature and it also jeopardizes livelihoods, public health, good governance and our planet’s ability to fight climate change,”...

Countless lives at stake in Sudan’s El Fasher, warn UN aid teams — Global Issues

According to UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths, a “strike” damaged the roof of the intensive care unit at Southern Hospital in El Fasher...

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