Kate Middleton is doing her best to manage her stress levels after completing chemotherapy treatments. And this week, that will mean indulging in some spooky festivities with her three children. Yes, with Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis all on break from Lambrook School, the Waleses are currently enjoying some downtime at Anmer Hall. Catherine, Princess of Wales, Patron …
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A child in the Jenin refugee camp looking at the destroyed shelters following recent militarized operations. Credit: UNICEF/Ahed Izhiman by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday, October 31, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – On October 28, the Israeli parliament voted to ban activity from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near …
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by Oritro Karim (united nations) Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (IPS) – Although classified as a compact tropical cyclone and considered one of the smallest in the North Atlantic, Hurricane Oscar has caused considerable damage in eastern Cuba since it made landfall on October 20, 2024. Cuban authorities have confirmed that the death toll has …
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Source: United Nations. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Inter Press Service And that demographic change should not be blamed on the emancipation of women. It’s also somewhat perplexing that the alarmists don’t give consideration to the failure of men as a major contributing factor to the world’s changing demographic sky. In general, men have neither recognized …
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Sustainable forest management plans are strengthening production systems and lucrative value chains, such as cacao and açaí. Credit: FAO Opinion by Kaveh Zahedi, Susana Muhamad (cali, colombia) Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Inter Press Service Susana Muhamad is Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia and President of the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference, and Kaveh Zahedi is Director of FAO Office …
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Residents pose behind the sprinkler that irrigates an alfalfa field thanks to the energy generated by a photovoltaic panel installed on Fanny Lastra’s property in Mirador de Bío Bío, Chile. Credit: Courtesy of Fresia Lastra by Orlando Milesi (santiago) Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Inter Press Service SANTIAGO, Oct 29 (IPS) – The production of solar energy by means of panels installed …
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Seedlings from the Seeds of Resilience initiative amid destruction in north Gaza. Credit: Bisan Okasha by Dawn Clancy (united nations) Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29 (IPS) – It was two weeks before October 7—when Hamas attacked Israel—that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood behind the rostrum in the United Nations General Assembly hall clutching a crude …
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Transit Site in Roriak, Unity State, South Sudan. People receive support after fleeing conflict in Sudan. Credit: UNICEF/South Sudan by Oritro Karim (united nations) Monday, October 28, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (IPS) – Critical levels of nationwide hunger in Sudan has only increased to critical levels since the start of the Sudanese civil war in April 2023. …
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Opinion by Mawdudur Rahman, Habib Siddiqui (boston / philadelphia) Monday, October 28, 2024 Inter Press Service BOSTON / PHILADELPHIA, Oct 28 (IPS) – The students and the common people of Bangladesh dared to do something in 36 days of July-August that was considered simply impossible by most people just days before August 5, 2024. They said ‘enough is enough’ to an …
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by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, October 28, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (IPS) – As it continues to leave a mounting trail of death and destruction in Gaza, Israel has come under severe attack from the international community, including the United Nations and its humanitarian agencies, Western allies, the International Criminal Court (ICC) and scores of human …
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