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05 December 2025, 08:15

PRETORIA, December 4 (IPS) - Nature is a double-edged sword for global business. A groundbreaking report will reveal how businesses profit from exploiting natural resources while simultaneously impacting biodiversity.

Read the full story, “Businesses Impact Nature on Which They Depend — IPBES Report Finds”, on globalissues.org

05 December 2025, 08:15

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, December 4 (IPS) - During the Global Development Conference 2025, development experts and researchers kept warning that low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) were being pushed into a wave of digital transformation without the basic statistical systems, institutional capacity, and local context needed to ensure that AI and digital tools truly benefited the poor.

Read the full story, “‘Low- and Middle-Income Countries Need Better Data, Not Just Better Tech’”, on globalissues.org

05 December 2025, 08:15
As peace efforts fail to bear fruit, the Russian leader threatens Odesa and Mykolaiv - and warns of wider war on Europe.
05 December 2025, 08:15
Ukrainian officials termed Lyskun's switch 'categorically unacceptable' and have stripped her all of medals and awards.
05 December 2025, 08:15
Fallout continues after prime minister said use of force against Taiwan would be 'survival threatening' for Japan.
05 December 2025, 08:15
Canberra says it seeks to make early contact with the new administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
05 December 2025, 08:15
French leader Macron says he was 'very touched' by Xi's gesture to accompany him to Chengdu - a departure from protocol.
05 December 2025, 08:15
President Dissanayake has called rescue and recovery efforts the most difficult in the nation's history.
05 December 2025, 08:15
Sudan Doctors Network says 'deliberate suicide-drone attacks' targeted a kindergarten and several civilian facilities.
05 December 2025, 08:15
Meeting to boost ties comes as India seeks reprieve from US oil sanctions related to war in Ukraine.