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BEIJING, Apr 01 (IPS) - Bangladesh's Chief Adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus's state visit to China, where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping, was seen as an opportunity to reaffirm old diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 01 (IPS) - The Trump administration's ground-rules are dangerously clear--and devastating. If you are a pro-Palestinian demonstrator, denouncing Israeli atrocities in Gaza, you are either a supporter of the "terrorist organization ...

Policymakers, researchers, the private sector and other stakeholders are meeting in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, over the next three days to chart a path toward sustainable development and resilience for the world's Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

BLANTYRE, Mar 31 (IPS) - In Malawi, being a forest guard isn't a glamorous, sought-after job. And it has often been quiet, enjoying almost no publicity - until recently amid the worsening crashing down of the country's forests, which is making the .. ...

Mar 31 (IPS) - 2025 marks the tenth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement. One of its chief architects, Christiana Figueres, says the world is heading in the right direction but warns that urgent action is needed to close critical gaps.

WASHINGTON DC, Mar 31 (IPS) - Southeast Asia's major economies have made major strides over the last couple of decades. The largest have seen income per capita grow at least three-fold over the past 20 years amid global integration and prudent ...

Mar 31 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses recent protests in Serbia with Alma Mustajbaši?, researcher at Civic Initiatives, a Serbian civil society organisation that advocates for democracy, human rights and citizen engagement.

Countries should consider looking beyond Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, as the key measure of economic growth to achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN policymakers have suggested.

ROME, Mar 28 (IPS) - Degrading soil, air pollution, vanishing biodiversity, emerging plant and animal health issues and more are coming together in the current situation of multiple crisis. Ensuring water security is just one, among the many ...

NEW DELHI, Mar 28 (IPS) - "The size of the faucet highlights the magnitude of the problem. It makes the problem impossible to ignore. We're used to throwing things 'away'--but when we're confronted with what happens when 'away' is not an option, I .. ...