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13 June 2025, 08:15

NICE, France, Jun 12 (IPS) - Once cast as a culprit of ocean degradation, the global shipping industry is quietly reshaping its image—with experts now betting on it as a key ally in saving our seas.

Read the full story, “From Villain to Vanguard: How the Shipping Industry Could Help Save Our Seas”, on globalissues.org

13 June 2025, 08:15

NICE, Jun 12 (IPS) - Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Feleti Teo, describes himself as an optimist—despite the existential crisis his atoll nation faces with climate change-induced sea level rise and frustration with existing international financial mechanisms to fund adaptation and mitigation.

Read the full story, “Atoll Nation of Tuvalu Faces Climate Existential Crisis, Frustration With Slow Funding”, on globalissues.org

13 June 2025, 08:15

NICE, France, Jun 12 (IPS) - Just before dawn, the worn wooden dhows begin gliding toward the shore at Magogoni fish market in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam. Their tattered sails flutter against the orange sky. Exhausted fishers step out onto the muddy sand, hauling frayed nets and plastic crates, their sun-creased faces tight with fatigue.

Read the full story, “UNOC3: A Cry for Global Action to Save Small-Scale Fisheries”, on globalissues.org

13 June 2025, 08:15

Meeting in emergency session on Thursday in New York, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire in Gaza.

Read the full story, “UN General Assembly adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution by overwhelming majority”, on globalissues.org

13 June 2025, 08:15
Ten of the 12 activists taken from the Madleen by Israel have now been deported.
13 June 2025, 08:15
US president says Israeli strikes on Iran are possible, but he reiterates preference for diplomatic deal with Tehran.
13 June 2025, 08:15
Democrats have reacted with outrage to Senator Alex Padilla's rough removal from a conference about the LA protests.
13 June 2025, 08:15
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says IRS is investigating possible links between protests and advocacy groups.
13 June 2025, 08:15
Warnings of an Israeli strike on Iran have intensifed amid ongoing US nuclear talks with Tehran.