Yemen’s Houthis have fired dozens of missiles and drones toward the Red Sea in one of the group’s largest attacks to date Read Full Article at RT.com
The cost-of living-crisis has sent British consumption plummeting, according to a trade body Read Full Article at RT.com
Dwindling global demand, soaring interest rates and high energy costs are weighing on Germany’s economic growth, data shows Read Full Article at RT.com
With no let-up in fighting across Gaza, the UN health agency pleaded on Tuesday for better access across the enclave, where relief is arriving “too little...too late” to help civilians caught up in the ongoing conflict.
The immediate priority in Gaza must be saving civilian lives said the President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, as Member States gathered to debate the use of the veto by the United States in the Security Council last month.
The European climate agency on Tuesday reported that record global heat last year showed an overall increase of 1.48°C above pre-industrial levels – just a fraction below the 1.5-degree threshold laid out by the historic Paris Agreement on climate change.
The UN human rights chief on Monday called on the newly elected Government of Bangladesh to take steps to renew the country’s commitment to democracy and human rights.
PORTLAND, USA, Jan 09 (IPS) - As the signs of population aging are crystal clear and widely available, many countries are taking steps to address the far-reaching effects of that momentous demographic trend. A notable exception is the United States, a country that seems neither ready nor willing to deal with the aging of its population.
Read the full story, “Ready or Not, America, Your Population Is Also Aging”, on globalissues.org →
SAINT LUCIA, Jan 09 (IPS) - As a child on the French-Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Yamide Dagnet dreamed of launching rockets into space.