News
24 January 2023, 08:15

Eleven months of war in Ukraine have disrupted education for more than five million boys and girls, the UN agency for children, UNICEF, said on Tuesday, calling for increased support to ensure they can continue to learn. 

Read the full story, “Ukraine war disrupts education for more than five million children: UNICEF”, on globalissues.org

24 January 2023, 08:15

BERLIN, Jan 23 (IPS) - Russia has been at war with Ukraine for more than 10 months, with no end in sight and with just as little prospect for direct negotiations between the warring parties. These were last broken off mutually on 17 May 2022.

Read the full story, “Ukraine: No Peace Without a Military Victory”, on globalissues.org

24 January 2023, 08:15

A dark mole dots the brown earth, among the green scrub at this spot in southeastern Mexico. A repetitive “glug, glug,” a noise sounding like a thirsty animal, and an intense stench lead to this site, hidden in the undergrowth, where a broken pipe has created a pool of dense oil.

Read the full story, “Unstoppable Gas Leaks in Mexico”, on globalissues.org

24 January 2023, 08:15

Two-and-a-half billion dollars: that’s how much funding the UN World Health Organization (WHO) will need across its operations this year, it said on Monday, to help a record number of people facing disease and starvation. 

Read the full story, “$2.54 billion needed to tackle unprecedented health needs in 2023: WHO”, on globalissues.org

24 January 2023, 08:15

NAIROBI, Jan 24 (IPS) - In the four years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of leprosy or Hansen’s disease, seemed to be losing steam. Between 2016 and early 2020, new case numbers remained more or less constant.

Read the full story, “Pope, Sasakawa in Global Appeal for a Leprosy Free World”, on globalissues.org

24 January 2023, 08:15
Archery is part of the traditional rites of Indigenous people in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya.
24 January 2023, 08:15
For far too long, Western academia has ignored the legacies of the Russian Empire and colonisation.
24 January 2023, 08:15
Sixteen survivors ask German prosecutors to investigate crackdowns on Rohingya as well as opponents of military coup.
24 January 2023, 08:15
Several hundred protesters marched late on Monday in Lima demanding the removal of President Dina Boluarte.