The power of football to inspire fans to take positive action for a healthier planet and a fairer society is taking centre stage at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan – a world fair focused on building a sustainable global future.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday he remains “profoundly alarmed” by the ongoing military escalation between Israel and Iran, as the sides continued to trade airstrikes.
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On the third day of the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the spotlight turned to reports on rising executions in Iran and the increasing repression of civic space around the world amid a wave of elections.
UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit in Sevilla, Spain – though without the participation of the United States, which withdrew from the negotiations and announced it will not attend the conference.
Renewable energy plants are being built across Indonesia, but for their electricity to reach consumers, a modernization of the electricity grid is necessary.
LONDON, Jun 19 (IPS) - As G7 leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations wrapped up their summit in Kananaskis June 16, a critical issue was absent from the agenda: the future of global health financing.
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 19 (IPS) - Ten years ago, I lost more than a job.
When my post was abolished, there was no warning, no closure, no golden parachute—just a quiet erasure. Overnight, I went from a UN professional with decades of service to an invisible statistic in a system that eats its own.
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KAMPALA, Jun 19 (IPS) - In East Africa's Tanzania and Uganda, political tensions are rising as they prepare for the next elections. Tanzania goes to the polls in October 2025, while Uganda’s presidential and general elections will take place early in 2026.