Latest Updates Around The World
Canru Pataxo with his son during the People’s March for Climate in the COP30 host city of Belém, Brazil. Credit: Tanka Dhakal/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (Belgium, Brazil) Saturday November 15, 2025 Inter-Press Office BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 15 (IPS) – In the scorching heat and humidity, Canru Pataxo marched with his one-year-old son held tightly in […]
This Friday, for World Diabetes Daythe UN is highlighting how the disease affects pregnancy, in line with this year’s global theme of managing diabetes “at all stages of life”. The organization has also launched its first-ever global guidelines for managing diabetes before, during and after pregnancy. “These guidelines are based on the realities of women’s […]
The Munduruku, who live mainly in the Amazon states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Pará, are demanding an end to projects and extraction activities that threaten indigenous territories, especially in the Tapajós and Xingu river basins. ‘Legitimate’ protests and government response COP30 director Ana Toni described the demonstrations as “legitimate” and confirmed that the government […]
Governments will soon submit letters nominating candidates to lead the 80-year-old organization, whose top position is traditionally rotated between geographic regions — although all U.N. chiefs until now have been men. The Secretary-General is appointed by the General Assembly, the most representative body of the UN, on the recommendation of the fifteen members of the […]
Melody Areola from Nigeria leads a protest at COP30 in Brazil. Credit: Tanka Dhakal/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (Belgium, Brazil) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office Activists come from different parts of the world, but consistently deliver the same message: the foundation of a just transition cannot be based on lies and false solutions. BELÉM, Brazil, […]
Activists urge the global community to join the blue river in support of conservation and conservation of the environment. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (Belgium, Brazil) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office We have seen stalled climate action, rising inequality and people being left behind. At COP27, the establishment of the Just Transition Work […]
Credit: UNICEF/Gema Espinoza Delgado Opinion by Caroline Delgado (Stockholm, Sweden) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov 14 (IPS) – The urgency to link climate action to social and broader environmental priorities is clear. Climate change, environmental degradation and violent conflict are often closely linked and even reinforce each other. At the same […]
Ibrahim Olabi, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider by Oritro Karim (united nations) Wednesday November 12, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) – Eleven months after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria continues […]
CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert Floyd addresses staff, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria, 2023. Credit: CTBTO Preparatory Commission by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday November 12, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) – The US took another step backward – breaking ranks with the United Nations – when it voted against a draft resolution […]
Tanzanians took to the streets on October 29 against the re-election of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, in a protest that quickly escalated in violence and death. Distressing reports have appeared about “families desperately searching for their loved ones everywhere, visiting one police station after another and one hospital after another”, the UN human rights chief […]
