Category: Global

Understanding an Interconnected World: Why Roberto Savio Believes Global Citizenship Matters More Than Ever

ROME, July 1 (IPS) – When Roberto Savio begins talking about The Global Citizen Handbook, he does not begin with…

Middle East Conflict Fallout Pushes Countries toward US$1 Trillion Fossil Fuel Subsidy Bill, warns UN Development Programme

NEW YORK, July 1 (IPS) – Developing countries’ efforts to tackle the ongoing effects of conflict in the Middle East…

UN Peacebuilding Week: Military Expenditure Soars as Funding for Civilian Protection and Prevention Collapses

UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (IPS) – From June 22 to 26, the United Nations (UN) commemorated its first annual Peacebuilding…

Agency Cannot Be Decreed

PHILADELPHIA, July 1 (IPS) – India’s new education policy asks a great deal of its teachers. The National Education Policy…

Tunisia: Civil Society Criminalised

LONDON, July 1 (IPS) – In May, Tunisian lawyer and journalist Sonia Dahmani was handed her second conviction of the…

US Slams Israel for Undermining Peace Negotiations with Iran – but Rift is Dismissed as a Passing Show

UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (IPS) – The on-again, off-again US-Iran peace negotiations, which have been disparaged by Israeli leaders, have…

World News in Brief: Risk of atrocities in Sudan, UN programme prevents climate displacement, more civilians killed in Ukraine

Drone attacks by advancing rebel fighters who are besieging El Obeid, Sudan, continue to result in civilian casualties, putting around…

‘The science is here’: UN chief welcomes first global AI assessment

Fresh scientific evidence and options for harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) were unveiled Wednesday following the launch of the first global,…

Expanding areas under Israeli control in Gaza increase risks to civilians, UN warns

The continued expansion of areas under Israeli control in Gaza since October’s ceasefire agreement is placing civilians at greater risk…

Venezuela earthquake disaster: needs ‘skyrocketing’, say relief agencies

In Venezuela, a rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble,…