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UNITED NATIONS, Apr 03 (IPS) - In 2007, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly designated April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), in an effort to promote inclusion and human rights for autistic individuals. Much work has been done and pushed ...

NAIROBI & BERLIN, Apr 03 (IPS) - Of the nearly 234 million children and adolescents of school age affected by crises, 85 million are already out of school. At least 20 percent of them--or 17 million--are children living with disabilities.

WARMAWASAW, Meghalaya, India, Apr 03 (IPS) - In India's Meghalaya, silkworm rearing and weaving are common in rural areas. Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya is among the regions where eri culture is deeply rooted in tradition; several women there are ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on course to become a $4.8 trillion global market by 2033 - roughly the size of Germany's economy - but unless urgent action is taken, its benefits may remain in the hands of a privileged few, a new UN report warns.

OSLO, Norway, Apr 03 (IPS) - Jan Egeland is Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) warns that 100,000s of people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been pushed into desperate ...

PORTLAND, USA, Apr 02 (IPS) - For most voters, to make America great again, as the 47th president has repeatedly pledged, meant to make the United States markedly superior globally. However, the administration's actions, policies and program cuts ...

LONDON/MANDALAY, Apr 02 (IPS) - Boosting faint hopes of still finding survivors, rescue workers from Myanmar and Turkey pulled a man alive from the rubble of a hotel in the capital early on Wednesday, five days after the quake hit. But hope of ...

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 02 (IPS) - After nearly two years of extended warfare and protracted crises as a result of the Sudanese Civil War, Sudan remains the world's biggest internal displacement crisis. According to the United Nations High Commissioner . ...

LONDON, Apr 02 (IPS) - Today's multiple and connected crises - including conflicts, climate breakdown and democratic regression - are overwhelming the capabilities of the international institutions designed to address problems states can't or won't . ...

JERUSALEM, Apr 02 (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, 322 children, with 1,787 more injured.