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Spacious paddocks, green pastures, and a devoted all-female staff: on Long Island, a strip of land surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean near New York City, horses once destined for slaughter are given a second chance - to live, and to help people heal. . ...

Temperatures across lower South America have plummeted - falling as low as -15° Celsius or 5° Fahrenheit in some places - as a rare polar cold wave grips the region, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on Thursday.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks 50 years since it entered into force on Tuesday, celebrating five decades of protecting endangered wildlife from overexploitation through international ...

The blistering early-summer heatwave that's brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a worrying sign of things to come, UN weather experts said on Tuesday.

The UN's top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human rights implications of climate change.

In the coastal town of Sasmuan, Philippines, life flows with the river's tide. At dawn, slender boats glide through calm waters as fishing nets are cast beneath the warming sky.

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 27 (IPS) - Since 1989, the United Nations (UN) has recognized June 26 as the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in an effort to raise awareness around the global drug problem and foster a more ...

FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil, Jun 26 (IPS) - Living with her neighbours, getting to know them and chatting with them is what Lucila Neves enjoys most in the community orchard of Portal de Ribeirão, a neighbourhood in the south of Florianopolis, considered ...

BHUBANESWAR/AHMEDABAD, India, Jun 26 (IPS) - As Deviben Dhaundhaliya, 45, a streetside seller of artificial jewelry, waits for her husband Devabhai to arrive and help her shift their iron-frame mobile 'shop' to the Bhadra Fort open-air marketplace in ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 25 (IPS) - On June 23, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released their State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report, detailing the acceleration of the climate crisis in Asia. The report underscores the rapid rises in ...