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JERUSALEM, Apr 2 2025 (IPS) - The end of the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza is having disastrous consequences for women and girls. From 18 to 25 March—in just those 8 days, 830 people were killed—174 women ...

In Malawi, being a forest guard isn’t a glamorous, sought-after job but recently it has become an increasingly perilous ...

Former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres said decarbonisation of the global economy is by now irreversible with or without ...

Southeast Asia’s major economies have made major strides over the last couple of decades. The largest have seen income per ...

After so many failed attempts by the U.S. to purchase Greenland over the past 150 years, what makes Trump believe that he ...

Today’s multiple and connected crises – including conflicts, climate breakdown and democratic regression – are overwhelming the capabilities of the international institutions designed to address ...

In India’s Meghalaya, silkworm rearing and weaving are common in rural areas, now several women are using solar-powered ...