A woman and child walk through the heavily bombed town of Khuza’a in the Gaza Strip. Credit: UN Women/Samar Abu Elouf By Stephanie HodgeNEW YORK, Jul 29 2025 (IPS) In Geneva, nearly 600 UN staff based at the UN Office there held an Extraordinary Staff Union meeting on July 24, 2025, passing a unanimous motion of no…
Demonstration against Trump-era policies in Seattle, May 1, 2025. Credit: Peter Constantini By Peter CostantiniSEATTLE, USA, Jul 28 2025 (IPS) President Donald Trump reportedly wants to add his own head to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. But the National Park Service says there’s no room next to the four current presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham…
A Sudanese mother and her child at a shelter in Tawila, North Darfur. Credit: UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal By Oritro KarimUNITED NATIONS, Jul 28 2025 (IPS) Earlier this month, Sudanese civilians began facing a considerable escalation of hostilities, with the most recent attacks from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) claiming dozens…
Oil tankers entering and departing a busy port. Credit: Unsplash/Ramona Flwrs By Maximilian MalawistaNEW YORK, Jul 28 2025 (IPS) Two-thirds of the developing world, or ninety-five out of 143 economies, are dependent on commodities for export value, making up 60 percent of their merchandise exports. For the least developed world, this number rises to 80…
Plastic pollution from Amadi River by Iwai-Dialax. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International By Michael Stanley-JonesRICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, Jul 28 2025 (IPS) The UN80 Initiative, unveiled in March by Secretary-General António Guterres, is a system-wide effort to reaffirm the UN’s relevance for a rapidly changing world. The Initiative comes at a time of brutal…
An UNRWA school turned shelter in Al Bureij, Gaza, lies in ruins following a missile attack in May 2025. Credit: UNRWA By Alon Ben-MeirNEW YORK, Jul 28 2025 (IPS) The West, led by the Trump administration, has enabled the Netanyahu government to commit crimes against humanity and became complicit in the unfathomably horrific disaster that…
A nuclear test that was carried out on an island in French Polynesia in 1971. Credit: CTBTO By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jul 28 2025 (IPS) The rising nuclear threats over Europe and East Asia are increasingly ominous—particularly in the ongoing Russian-Ukraine military conflict and in the North- South political confrontation in the Korean Peninsula. The…
Merck & Co. has announced a groundbreaking acquisition of U.K.-based Verona Pharma in a transaction valued at approximately $10 billion, marking one of its largest purchases in years. Under the terms, Merck will acquire Verona at $107 per American Depositary Share (ADS)—a 23% premium over Verona’s previous closing price. The deal, unanimously approved by both…
In a move that touches the lives of millions of Chinese families, Beijing is introducing monthly subsidy vouchers to help cover the growing costs of elder care. As the country’s population rapidly ages, many households are struggling to care for aging parents while juggling financial uncertainty. The new program, led by China’s Ministry of Civil…
by Joe Annani Across India’s buzzing cities and sprawling towns, a new generation of tech startups is rewriting the country’s waste story—one app at a time. From Bengaluru to Bhopal, young entrepreneurs are building platforms to tackle one of India’s most pressing problems: mountains of uncollected, untreated waste. The numbers are daunting. India produces over…
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