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An Afghan woman, once a government employee and active advocate for women’s rights, describes in stark detail what daily life has become under Taliban rule: darkness at dawn, fear on the road to school, and teaching in secret to keep hope alive www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/what...
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
An Afghan woman, once a government employee and active advocate for women’s rights, describes in stark detail what daily life has become under Taliban rule: darkness at dawn, fear on the road to school, and teaching in secret to keep hope alive www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/what...
Defending Democracy in a “Topsy-Turvy” World
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November 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Defending Democracy in a “Topsy-Turvy” World
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The Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, is on the frontlines of climate change. Villagers who once relied on fishing, honey collection and farming now face rising tides, saltier water, and more frequent storms www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/vani...
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, is on the frontlines of climate change. Villagers who once relied on fishing, honey collection and farming now face rising tides, saltier water, and more frequent storms www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/vani...
IPS tracks progress & obstacles on the road to the #SDGs. In this issue: Nuclear Testing Threats are Returning & Saber Rattling is Getting Louder, warns UN Chief; Beijing+30: A Culmination of International, Intergenerational Dialogue; and more 146128.web.dattanet.com/campaign/htm...
October 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
IPS tracks progress & obstacles on the road to the #SDGs. In this issue: Nuclear Testing Threats are Returning & Saber Rattling is Getting Louder, warns UN Chief; Beijing+30: A Culmination of International, Intergenerational Dialogue; and more 146128.web.dattanet.com/campaign/htm...
Most people in the United States support immigration, but the current government does not share the same sentiment. The US, often referred to as “a nation of immigrants”, is home to more immigrants than any other country worldwide www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/most...
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Most people in the United States support immigration, but the current government does not share the same sentiment. The US, often referred to as “a nation of immigrants”, is home to more immigrants than any other country worldwide www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/most...
President Trump’s tariffs have exposed neoliberal trade ideology and undermined corporate lobbying in the name of free trade. But his rhetoric has also exposed the fallacies of his own economic strategy, writes Jomo Kwame Sundaram www.ipsnews.net/2025/07/trum...
July 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
President Trump’s tariffs have exposed neoliberal trade ideology and undermined corporate lobbying in the name of free trade. But his rhetoric has also exposed the fallacies of his own economic strategy, writes Jomo Kwame Sundaram www.ipsnews.net/2025/07/trum...
World food production has increased almost fourfold since 1960: enough to feed the world’s eight billion, plus another three billion! Yet, hunger keeps rising. So, why are so many hungry if there is more than enough food for all? www.ipsnews.net/2025/06/weap...
June 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
World food production has increased almost fourfold since 1960: enough to feed the world’s eight billion, plus another three billion! Yet, hunger keeps rising. So, why are so many hungry if there is more than enough food for all? www.ipsnews.net/2025/06/weap...
Follow our coverage on the UN Ocean Conference here: www.ipsnews.net/topics/un-oc...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Can These Prehistoric Sea Creatures Survive Climate Change? www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/can-... @cicirussell.bsky.social #SaveOurOcean #UNOC
May 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Can These Prehistoric Sea Creatures Survive Climate Change? www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/can-... @cicirussell.bsky.social #SaveOurOcean #UNOC
Education is key if we want to have a new generation that is aware of the importance of the ocean system, says @unesco.org's Francesca Santoro. As part of its #UNOC3 agenda, the agency is urging investments in global education efforts on the ocean www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/unoc...
May 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Education is key if we want to have a new generation that is aware of the importance of the ocean system, says @unesco.org's Francesca Santoro. As part of its #UNOC3 agenda, the agency is urging investments in global education efforts on the ocean www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/unoc...
Marriage rates, especially among young adults, have declined substantially over the past seventy-five years. Additionally, women and men who decide to marry are doing so at older ages and having fewer children than in the recent past www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/bye-...
May 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Marriage rates, especially among young adults, have declined substantially over the past seventy-five years. Additionally, women and men who decide to marry are doing so at older ages and having fewer children than in the recent past www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/bye-...
Although the United States has the highest healthcare costs per capita among developed countries, it does poorly compared to other developed countries on the vital issues of life and death www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/life...
May 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Although the United States has the highest healthcare costs per capita among developed countries, it does poorly compared to other developed countries on the vital issues of life and death www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/life...
Insight to Impact: CGIAR Inaugural Flagship Report for Decision Makers Navigating Food System Science
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April 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Insight to Impact: CGIAR Inaugural Flagship Report for Decision Makers Navigating Food System Science
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In a day of quotable quotes from the
@CGIAR
conference in Nairobi, here are some of the fabulous insights from the opening plenary, courtesy of Prof. Lindiwe Sibanda #CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
@CiciRussell
@CGIAR
conference in Nairobi, here are some of the fabulous insights from the opening plenary, courtesy of Prof. Lindiwe Sibanda #CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
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April 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In a day of quotable quotes from the
@CGIAR
conference in Nairobi, here are some of the fabulous insights from the opening plenary, courtesy of Prof. Lindiwe Sibanda #CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
@CiciRussell
@CGIAR
conference in Nairobi, here are some of the fabulous insights from the opening plenary, courtesy of Prof. Lindiwe Sibanda #CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
@CiciRussell
Ismahane Elouafi
EMD: 'I used to introduce myself as a girl from the South that made it to the north ... as if it was a success. I really want the kids in the south to go out and say, 'I'm a girl from the south and I stayed in the South.'
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EMD: 'I used to introduce myself as a girl from the South that made it to the north ... as if it was a success. I really want the kids in the south to go out and say, 'I'm a girl from the south and I stayed in the South.'
#CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
April 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Ismahane Elouafi
EMD: 'I used to introduce myself as a girl from the South that made it to the north ... as if it was a success. I really want the kids in the south to go out and say, 'I'm a girl from the south and I stayed in the South.'
#CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
EMD: 'I used to introduce myself as a girl from the South that made it to the north ... as if it was a success. I really want the kids in the south to go out and say, 'I'm a girl from the south and I stayed in the South.'
#CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
Ismahane Elouafi
@CGIAR
EMA refers to the food crisis in her opening address at #ScienceWeek. Small-scale producers have kept the planet alive.
#CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
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@CGIAR
EMA refers to the food crisis in her opening address at #ScienceWeek. Small-scale producers have kept the planet alive.
#CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
@cicirussell.bsky.social @cicirussell.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ismahane Elouafi
@CGIAR
EMA refers to the food crisis in her opening address at #ScienceWeek. Small-scale producers have kept the planet alive.
#CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
@cicirussell.bsky.social @cicirussell.bsky.social
@CGIAR
EMA refers to the food crisis in her opening address at #ScienceWeek. Small-scale producers have kept the planet alive.
#CGIARScienceWeek #OneCGIAR #WithScienceWeCan
@cicirussell.bsky.social @cicirussell.bsky.social
While it leads the world in military power and GNP, the US is well behind many other advanced countries for life expectancy, infant mortality, health, poverty, homicide and crime, education, human rights, status of women, maternal mortality and reported happiness www.ipsnews.net/2025/04/make...
April 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
While it leads the world in military power and GNP, the US is well behind many other advanced countries for life expectancy, infant mortality, health, poverty, homicide and crime, education, human rights, status of women, maternal mortality and reported happiness www.ipsnews.net/2025/04/make...
Women goat herders in the municipality of Ovalle, in northern Chile, are confronting climate change by defending their heritage through improvements in the quality and variety of their products, which has led some to win international awards for their cheeses www.ipsnews.net/2025/03/wawa...
March 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Women goat herders in the municipality of Ovalle, in northern Chile, are confronting climate change by defending their heritage through improvements in the quality and variety of their products, which has led some to win international awards for their cheeses www.ipsnews.net/2025/03/wawa...
Country populations worldwide are experiencing the demographic ageing transformation. The relatively young populations experienced during most of the 20th century are increasingly being transformed into the older populations of the 21st century www.ipsnews.net/2025/03/the-...
March 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Country populations worldwide are experiencing the demographic ageing transformation. The relatively young populations experienced during most of the 20th century are increasingly being transformed into the older populations of the 21st century www.ipsnews.net/2025/03/the-...
Mexico's efforts at assembling electric vehicles have faced challenges related to industrial scale, supply chains, and competitiveness, issues that also complicate the new state production plan for the Taruk bus and the lightweight Olinia car www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/mexi...
February 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mexico's efforts at assembling electric vehicles have faced challenges related to industrial scale, supply chains, and competitiveness, issues that also complicate the new state production plan for the Taruk bus and the lightweight Olinia car www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/mexi...
The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the US Agency for International Development USAID, the US government’s primary channel for humanitarian aid and disaster relief, is expected to have a devastating impact on the world’s developing nations www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/shut...
February 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the US Agency for International Development USAID, the US government’s primary channel for humanitarian aid and disaster relief, is expected to have a devastating impact on the world’s developing nations www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/shut...
A fundamental problem in the international monetary & financial system is that a national currency – the US dollar – functions as a global reserve asset. This forces most nations to accumulate US dollars, leaving them vulnerable to external debt crises www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/an-e...
January 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A fundamental problem in the international monetary & financial system is that a national currency – the US dollar – functions as a global reserve asset. This forces most nations to accumulate US dollars, leaving them vulnerable to external debt crises www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/an-e...
Several major factors remain central to the decades-old conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, including religious identities, demographics, land and the broader regional geo-political context, ✍️Joseph Chamie & Sergio DellaPergola www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/last...
January 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Several major factors remain central to the decades-old conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, including religious identities, demographics, land and the broader regional geo-political context, ✍️Joseph Chamie & Sergio DellaPergola www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/last...
Skills & education are the greatest empowerment for girls. I encourage all girls to have both, they are useful at every stage of life, a lifesaving tool providing solutions to the world’s biggest problems, says Adenike Oladosu, @educannotwait.bsky.social #EducationDay www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/educ...
January 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Skills & education are the greatest empowerment for girls. I encourage all girls to have both, they are useful at every stage of life, a lifesaving tool providing solutions to the world’s biggest problems, says Adenike Oladosu, @educannotwait.bsky.social #EducationDay www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/educ...
Corporate-dominated food systems are a major contributor to the widespread and growing issues of malnutrition and poor health. Unhealthy diets exacerbate non-communicable diseases, which now impose a global cost exceeding US$8 trillion annually, finds @fao.org study www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/food...
January 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Corporate-dominated food systems are a major contributor to the widespread and growing issues of malnutrition and poor health. Unhealthy diets exacerbate non-communicable diseases, which now impose a global cost exceeding US$8 trillion annually, finds @fao.org study www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/food...