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Digital tools are changing the way countries manage everything from tracking refugees to caring for the elderly.

SYDNEY, April 13 (IPS) - A rising cycle of poverty and extreme weather threatens many towns and cities, especially those situated on coastlines, in the Pacific Islands. Urban centres in the Pacific have grown at an unprecedented rate this century, .. ...

Katerine Avella is a former combatant in Colombia's decades-long civil war, a peace signatory and a community leader. After the guns fell silent, she created the fashion brand Ixora but, with violence returning to the region, Ms. Avella is now ...

The UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI - the first global body of its kind - is gearing up for its inaugural in-person summit.

NEW YORK, April 10 (IPS) - The past several weeks have marked a significant escalation in hostilities across the Middle East, with tensions rising among Israel, Lebanon, Iran, and the United States following large-scale exchanges of bombardment. ...

FREETOWN, April 10 (IPS) - As Sierra Leone prepares for its next national election in 2028, political parties across the country have begun setting strategies and preparing to select their candidates. However, persons with disabilities say they ...

After a 10-day journey around the far side of the Moon, the four astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission are set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean late on Friday.

Fighting continues across parts of the Middle East, with renewed exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Humanitarian needs are deepening, with rising civilian casualties, mounting displacement and growing strain on services. Diplomatic .. ...

With Lebanon still reeling from Israel's devastating airstrikes on 8 April, UN humanitarians reported new fears of attacks on ambulances and looming food shortages in the south of the country on Friday.

Haiti is facing "one of the most severe and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere," a senior UN aid official warned on Friday, underscoring the need for continued global attention to alleviate suffering there.