A $2.7 billion plan to support nearly 15 million people this year is less than a third funded, resulting in huge shortfalls, which also impact local organizations at the forefront of the response. “To stop a large-scale famine from taking hold, donors must urgently scale up their financial support while using diplomatic means to push for opening up of humanitarian …
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Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, issued a statement saying he has engaged in “critical discussions with the relevant parties and Member States in the region, including Lebanon, Egypt and Qatar, in support of regional de-escalation”. “I underscored the urgency of addressing the growing risk of a serious escalation, which poses a substantial threat to …
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Aerosmith’s officially finished touring — the iconic rock band just announced they’ve made the hard choice to retire from the concert circuit … ’cause Steven Tyler‘s voice finally gave out. They broke the news in a heartfelt Instagram post Friday … saying that after more than 50 years of shows, they’ve made the difficult choice to retire. The main impetus …
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Across Europe, more than 50 countries “are paying the ultimate price”, said WHO Regional Director Dr. Hans Kluge, only days since Earth recorded its warmest average temperature yet, at 17.16 degrees Celsius (62.89 Fahrenheit), and as exhausting summer heatwaves hit across the northern hemisphere. Dr. Kluge said that the three warmest years on record in Europe have all happened since …
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The UN’s focus on green energy, plastic, biodiversity, and early warnings aims to safeguard the Maldives from climate change. Credit: UNDP Maldives / Ashwa Faheem Opinion by Bjorn Andersson, Bradley Busetto (male, maldives) Friday, August 02, 2024 Inter Press Service MALE, Maldives, Aug 02 (IPS) – The ocean is our lifeline, covering 70 percent of the earth’s surface, it is the …
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Activists protest during the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS2024) in Munich over a affordable pricing for a drug currently sold by pharmaceutical firm Gilead. Credit: Ed Holt/IPS by Ed Holt (munich) Friday, August 02, 2024 Inter Press Service MUNICH, Aug 02 (IPS) – Campaigners and experts have demanded a breakthrough HIV intervention hailed as “the closest thing to an HIV vaccine” …
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Credit: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Thursday, August 01, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Aug 01 (IPS) – It’s risky to try to protect the environment in authoritarian Cambodia. Ten young activists from the Mother Nature environmental group have recently been given long jail sentences. Two were sentenced to eight years on charges of plotting …
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Erico Platt looks at the disarmament exhibition that she staged, “Three Quarters of a Century After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Hibakusha—Brave Survivors Working for a Nuclear-Free World.” Credit: UNODA/Diane Barnes by Thalif Deen (united nations) Thursday, August 01, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) – The upcoming 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which …
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If Africa is to achieve the milestones under the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable development or the Africa Union Agenda 2063, countries urgently need to recommit themselves to carrying out the Maputo Protocol. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Betty Kabari (nairobi) Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jul 31 (IPS) – International African Women’s Day on July 31 recognizes the …
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Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics, in Athletes who changed the world at UNESCO; by SWAN – Southern World Arts News (paris) Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Inter Press Service PARIS, Jul 31 (IPS) – As cheers from beach-volleyball fans fill the air at the Eiffel Tower Stadium on a steamy, sunny day, pedestrians just down the road are enjoying another kind …
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