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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 (IPS) - Today's digital age is centered around TikTok, the short-form social media platform that hosts around 1 billion global users. Sensationalized or reductive videos often get the most engagement with young audiences, ...

NEW YORK, Sep 30 (IPS) - The world is standing at a critical juncture. Climate change is not just a future threat--it's here, and it's already devastating lives. From record-breaking heat waves to floods and landslides, the planet is sending us clear ...

LIMA, Sep 27 (IPS) - The struggle for women's right to decide in Latin America and the Caribbean, for their access to legal, safe and free abortion continues in the region, with some countries fully criminalising it, others with severe regulations, . ...

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 (IPS) - Yesterday, India's Federal Health Ministry reported the nation's first documented case of mpox. The infected individual was reported to have contracted the clade Ib strain of the virus, which is a far deadlier variant . ...

PARIS, Sep 27 (IPS) - In any discussion of world peace and the future of humanity, the issue of nuclear arms must be addressed, and now.

PRETORIA. South Africa / CAMBRIDGE, USA, Sep 27 (IPS) - The statistics are stark: 54 governments, of which 25 are African, are spending at least 10% of their revenues on servicing their debts; 48 countries, home to 3.3 billion people, are spending .. ...

SAN MIGEL TOPILEJO, Mexico, Sep 26 (IPS) - Verónica Molina, an indigenous Comcaac woman, first came into contact with solar energy in 2016, when she travelled to India for training on communal photovoltaic facilities. This later enabled her to take ...

Sep 26 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the upcoming election of new members of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council with Madeleine Sinclair, New York Office Director and Legal Counsel at the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR).

SRINAGAR, India, Sep 26 (IPS) - Nearly 60 percent of Kashmir's agriculture relies on rainwater for irrigation, but this year the rainfall has been poor and the heat tremendous. With the hottest and driest seasons on record, how are farmers to survive ...

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) - On the heels of the Summit of the Future and the sidelines of the United Nations High-Level Meeting Week, governments and philanthropies pledged to commit at least USD 350 million to boost family planning, sexual and .. ...