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Support Science in Halting Global Biodiversity Crisis—King Charles
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Support Science in Halting Global Biodiversity Crisis—King Charles
King Charles says science is the solution to protecting nature and halting global biodiversity loss, which is threatening humanity’s survival.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Support Science in Halting Global Biodiversity Crisis—King Charles
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Explainer: Why Nature Is Everyone’s Business
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Explainer: Why Nature Is Everyone’s Business
Our food, fuel, and fortunes come from nature, but as these resources are turned into profits, the balance between exploiting and replenishing the planet is ever more precarious. Global businesses imp...
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February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Explainer: Why Nature Is Everyone’s Business
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Explainer: Why Nature Is Everyone’s Business
Our food, fuel, and fortunes come from nature, but as these resources are turned into profits, the balance between exploiting and replenishing the planet is ever more precarious. Global businesses imp...
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February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Explainer: Why Nature Is Everyone’s Business
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A sharp cut in funding for “South-South Cooperation” has triggered a strong protest from the 134-member Group of 77 (G-77), described as the largest intergovernmental organization of developing countries within the United Nations www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/grou...
Group of 77—Representing 134 Nations, Plus China-- Protest Funding Cuts for South-South Cooperation
A sharp cut in funding for “South-South Cooperation” (UNOSSC) has triggered a strong protest from the 134-member Group of 77 (G-77), described as the largest intergovernmental organization of developi...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
A sharp cut in funding for “South-South Cooperation” has triggered a strong protest from the 134-member Group of 77 (G-77), described as the largest intergovernmental organization of developing countries within the United Nations www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/grou...
We see flagrant violations of international law and brazen disregard for the UN Charter. From Gaza to Ukraine, and around the world, the rule of law is being treated as an à la carte menu, warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as mass killings continue www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/the-...
The UN is Being Undermined by the 'Law of the Jungle'
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was dead on target when he told the Security Council last week that the rule of law worldwide is being replaced by the law of the jungle. “We see flagrant violati...
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January 30, 2026 at 12:57 PM
We see flagrant violations of international law and brazen disregard for the UN Charter. From Gaza to Ukraine, and around the world, the rule of law is being treated as an à la carte menu, warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as mass killings continue www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/the-...
Gambia’s Supreme Court is considering whether the ban on female genital mutilation is unconstitutional, a decision that could strip protections for women and girls. FGM constitutes torture under international human rights law, writes Juliana Nnoko, @hrw.org www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/gamb...
Gambia's Supreme Court to Decide on FGM Ban
Gambia’s Supreme Court weighs the future of the ban on female genital mutilation, a practice causing harm to women and girls across the country
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January 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Gambia’s Supreme Court is considering whether the ban on female genital mutilation is unconstitutional, a decision that could strip protections for women and girls. FGM constitutes torture under international human rights law, writes Juliana Nnoko, @hrw.org www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/gamb...
As Haiti’s Transitional President Council approaches its February 7 expiration date and the country remains without a newly elected president, humanitarian experts warn the nation risks further sliding into insecurity, raising fears of broader collapse www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/hait...
Haiti at a Crossroads: Political Uncertainty and Gang Control Push Nation Toward Collapse
Political Uncertainty and Gang Control Push Haiti Toward Collapse
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January 28, 2026 at 11:33 AM
As Haiti’s Transitional President Council approaches its February 7 expiration date and the country remains without a newly elected president, humanitarian experts warn the nation risks further sliding into insecurity, raising fears of broader collapse www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/hait...
Judging by the mixed signals coming out of the White House, is the Board of Peace, a creation of President Donald Trump, eventually aimed at replacing the UN Security Council or the United Nations itself? www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/is-t...
Is the US Board of Peace Aimed at Undermining the UN?
Judging by the mixed signals coming out of the White House, is the Board of Peace, a creation of President Donald Trump, eventually aimed at replacing the UN Security Council or the United Nations its...
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January 27, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Judging by the mixed signals coming out of the White House, is the Board of Peace, a creation of President Donald Trump, eventually aimed at replacing the UN Security Council or the United Nations itself? www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/is-t...
Global temperatures have reached record highs over the past 11 years, with ocean heating continuing at an alarming pace. Despite the cooling influence of La Niña, 2025 became the third hottest year ever recorded, finds @wmo-global.bsky.social www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/worl...
World’s Oceans Hit Record Heat in 2025, at Great Economic and Social Costs
In 2025, global ocean temperatures rose to some of the highest levels ever recorded, signaling a continued accumulation of heat within the Earth’s climate system and raising deep concern among climate...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Global temperatures have reached record highs over the past 11 years, with ocean heating continuing at an alarming pace. Despite the cooling influence of La Niña, 2025 became the third hottest year ever recorded, finds @wmo-global.bsky.social www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/worl...
Smallholder farmers produce 70% of Kenya’s coffee, accounting for 30% of agricultural labor, and it is projected to reach US$2.4 billion by 2033. But non-compliance with EU deforestation rules could cost the country US$ 695m over five years www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/thou...
Thousands of Kenya's Smallholder Coffee Farmers Risk Losing EU Market as Deforestation Law Takes Effect
As the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) takes effect, smallholder coffee farmers in Kenya face an existential threat.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Smallholder farmers produce 70% of Kenya’s coffee, accounting for 30% of agricultural labor, and it is projected to reach US$2.4 billion by 2033. But non-compliance with EU deforestation rules could cost the country US$ 695m over five years www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/thou...
The world has entered an era of Global Water Bankruptcy, UN researchers warn, a condition where humanity has irreversibly overspent the planet’s water resources, leaving ecosystems, economies, and communities unable to recover to previous levels www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/worl...
World Living Beyond Its Means: Warns UN’s Global Water Bankruptcy Report
The world has entered an era of Global Water Bankruptcy, a condition where humanity has overspent the planet’s water.
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January 21, 2026 at 11:15 AM
The world has entered an era of Global Water Bankruptcy, UN researchers warn, a condition where humanity has irreversibly overspent the planet’s water resources, leaving ecosystems, economies, and communities unable to recover to previous levels www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/worl...
Railways are widely seen as pillars of climate action, with electric trains emitting less than road or air transport. But Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway shows a paradox: infrastructure designed to be climate-friendly is itself increasingly exposed to climate shocks www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/how-...
How Extreme Weather is Testing Tanzania’s $2 Billion Electric Railway Dream
Less than two years after the launch of Tanzania's SGR, the initial optimism has collided with the harsher reality of extreme weather.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Railways are widely seen as pillars of climate action, with electric trains emitting less than road or air transport. But Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway shows a paradox: infrastructure designed to be climate-friendly is itself increasingly exposed to climate shocks www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/how-...
The International Court of Justice has opened landmark hearings in a case brought by The Gambia, alleging Myanmar’s military committed genocide against the Rohingya during its 2017 crackdown. Judges will review evidence over three weeks www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/icj-...
ICJ Begins Proceedings for Rohingya Genocide Allegations Case Against Myanmar
On January 12, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), opened landmark hearings in a case brought by the Republic of The Gambia, alleging that Myanmar’s military committed acts of brutal genocide ag...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The International Court of Justice has opened landmark hearings in a case brought by The Gambia, alleging Myanmar’s military committed genocide against the Rohingya during its 2017 crackdown. Judges will review evidence over three weeks www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/icj-...
Israel must lift all restrictions on medicine, food and aid coming into Gaza, rights groups have demanded, as two new reports document how maternal and reproductive healthcare have been all but destroyed in the country www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/gaza...
Gaza: Physicians Call For Unimpeded Aid To Restore Reproductive Healthcare
Two reports released today document how maternal and reproductive healthcare have been all but destroyed in the country.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Israel must lift all restrictions on medicine, food and aid coming into Gaza, rights groups have demanded, as two new reports document how maternal and reproductive healthcare have been all but destroyed in the country www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/gaza...
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The private correspondence of #Jamaican-born #writer Claude McKay (key Harlem Renaissance figure) was recently published by Yale University Press.
Here's our first brief review: ”A Peep into Claude McKay’s ‘Letters in Exile’”.
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Here's our first brief review: ”A Peep into Claude McKay’s ‘Letters in Exile’”.
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BOOKS: A PEEP INTO CLAUDE MCKAY’S ‘LETTERS IN EXILE'
Nomadic Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay probably never dreamed that 21 st -century readers would be delving into his private correspon...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
The private correspondence of #Jamaican-born #writer Claude McKay (key Harlem Renaissance figure) was recently published by Yale University Press.
Here's our first brief review: ”A Peep into Claude McKay’s ‘Letters in Exile’”.
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Here's our first brief review: ”A Peep into Claude McKay’s ‘Letters in Exile’”.
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The richest 1% have exhausted their entire annual carbon budget just 10 days into the year, according to new analysis from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on the 3rd January www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/rich...
Richest 1% have Blown Through their Fair Share of Carbon Emissions for 2026 --in just 10 Days
The richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis fr...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:36 AM
The richest 1% have exhausted their entire annual carbon budget just 10 days into the year, according to new analysis from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on the 3rd January www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/rich...
Judging by the mass US withdrawal from 66 UN entities, is it remotely possible that the unpredictable Trump administration may one day decide to pull out of the UN, and force the Secretariat out of New York– despite the 1947 UN-US headquarters agreement? www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/is-t...
Is the US Moving Towards the UN’s Exit Door?
Judging by the mass US withdrawal from 66 UN entities, including UN conventions and international treaties, is it remotely possible that the unpredictable Trump administration may one day decide to pu...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Judging by the mass US withdrawal from 66 UN entities, is it remotely possible that the unpredictable Trump administration may one day decide to pull out of the UN, and force the Secretariat out of New York– despite the 1947 UN-US headquarters agreement? www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/is-t...
VIDEO - Natural restoration can deliver environmental justice. In Brazil, a lagoon once choked by pollution is being revived through nature-based solutions, community involvement, and environmental education, offering a model for urban ecological recovery www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/natu...
Natural Restoration Recovers Lagoon and Environmental Justice in Brazil: VIDEO
Natural restoration can deliver environmental justice. In Brazil, a lagoon once choked by pollution is being revived through nature-based solutions, community involvement, and environmental education,...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:13 AM
VIDEO - Natural restoration can deliver environmental justice. In Brazil, a lagoon once choked by pollution is being revived through nature-based solutions, community involvement, and environmental education, offering a model for urban ecological recovery www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/natu...
President Trump’s order to stop US support for 66 international organizations, including 31 UN groups, has drawn strong opposition from global bodies, humanitarian experts & climate advocates, who warn it will harm global cooperation, sustainable development & peace www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/u-s-...
U.S. Withdrawal From Organizations Triggers Global Alarm
President Donald Trump's executive order to stop U.S. support for 66 international organizations, including 31 United Nations (UN) groups,
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January 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
President Trump’s order to stop US support for 66 international organizations, including 31 UN groups, has drawn strong opposition from global bodies, humanitarian experts & climate advocates, who warn it will harm global cooperation, sustainable development & peace www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/u-s-...
As Sudan approaches 1,000 days of civil war, late December and early January saw a brutal escalation of violence, with drone strikes hitting areas at the center of the country’s deepening hunger crisis www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/suda...
Sudan’s War Nears 1,000 Days as Violence and Hunger Reach Unprecedented Levels
As Sudan approaches 1,000 days of civil war, late December and early January saw a brutal escalation of violence, with drone strikes hitting areas at the center of the country’s deepening hunger crisi...
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January 8, 2026 at 11:22 AM
As Sudan approaches 1,000 days of civil war, late December and early January saw a brutal escalation of violence, with drone strikes hitting areas at the center of the country’s deepening hunger crisis www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/suda...
The statistics are staggering: while military spending keeps skyrocketing, Official Development Assistance #ODA – from the rich to some of the world’s poorer nations– has been declining drastically
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Skyrocketing Military Spending Undermines Development Aid to World's Poor
The statistics are staggering: while military spending keeps skyrocketing, Official Development Assistance (ODA)– from the rich to some of the world’s poorer nations– has been declining drastically. A...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The statistics are staggering: while military spending keeps skyrocketing, Official Development Assistance #ODA – from the rich to some of the world’s poorer nations– has been declining drastically
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“The work of collecting seeds saved me from depression,” caused by her daughter’s suicide at the age of 29, said Maria do Desterro Soares, 64, who lives in the poor rural community of Jatobá in northeastern Brazil www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/livi...
Living with nature, the climate lesson from Brazil's caatinga
“The work of collecting seeds saved me from depression,” caused by her daughter’s suicide at the age of 29, said Maria do Desterro Soares, 64, who lives in the poor rural community of Jatobá in northe...
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December 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“The work of collecting seeds saved me from depression,” caused by her daughter’s suicide at the age of 29, said Maria do Desterro Soares, 64, who lives in the poor rural community of Jatobá in northeastern Brazil www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/livi...
2025 saw real gains in reducing global hunger; yet climate pressures, economic instability & conflict are pushing agri-food systems to their limits. UN agencies warn that Asia-Pacific, home to 40% of the world's undernourished, is particularly at risk www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/esca...
Escalating Food Insecurity in Asia-Pacific Undermines Health, Economic Growth, and Stability
2025 marked a notable year of progress in reducing global hunger; yet climate pressures, economic instability, and ongoing conflicts continue to push agri-food systems to their limits, undermining foo...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
2025 saw real gains in reducing global hunger; yet climate pressures, economic instability & conflict are pushing agri-food systems to their limits. UN agencies warn that Asia-Pacific, home to 40% of the world's undernourished, is particularly at risk www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/esca...
Farmers can now know and benefit from their contribution to climate change thanks to a formula that can be used to calculate the amount of carbon stored in fruit trees www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/farm...
Farmers Can Now Measure and Benefit From Fruit Tree Carbon Trade
Farmers can now benefit from their contribution to climate change thanks to a formula to calculate the carbon stored in fruit trees.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Farmers can now know and benefit from their contribution to climate change thanks to a formula that can be used to calculate the amount of carbon stored in fruit trees www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/farm...
With funding cuts, institutional reforms and shifting donor priorities reshaping protection and assistance, the global refugee system is entering a period of deep strain. A new Global Synthesis Report highlights the issues faced by refugees in the Middle East & Africa www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/refu...
Refugees Forced to Fill Gaps as Funding, Power and Legal Recognition Move Out of Reach
The delivery of protection and assistance to refugees is undergoing a transformation due to funding cuts, institutional reforms.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
With funding cuts, institutional reforms and shifting donor priorities reshaping protection and assistance, the global refugee system is entering a period of deep strain. A new Global Synthesis Report highlights the issues faced by refugees in the Middle East & Africa www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/refu...