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Climate change: World Likely to Breach 1.5°C limit in next five years
- UN News
2024 was the warmest year on record – but the heat is far from over. A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that global temperatures are likely to continue rising, with an 80 per cent chance that at least one year between 2025 and 2029 will surpass the 2024 record.
Polish Border Wall Puts Local Tatars on the Brink
- Inter Press Service
KRUSZYNIANY, Poland, May 27 (IPS) - Dzenneta Bogdanowicz never imagined she would witness the construction of a wall in the middle of nowhere, just two kilometres from her front door.
Energy Storage Has Yet to Take Off in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO, May 27 (IPS) - Researcher Edilso Reguera and his team began studying electric battery manufacturing in 2016, but in 2023, they ramped up efforts to develop a lithium-based prototype for motorcycles.
Hide the Numbers, Control the Message
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, May 27 (IPS) - In the past, Shakespeare famously wrote in his play Henry VI that the first step for those seeking power was to “kill off the lawyers”. Today, the first step taken by those seeking power is to hide the numbers and control the message.
Kenya Pilots AI System to Protect Black Rhino Calves in Aberdare National Park
- Inter Press Service
ABERDARE, Kenya, May 27 (IPS) - Conservationists in Kenya’s Aberdare National Park have piloted an artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to detect and deter hyenas—as part of an effort to protect black rhino calves ahead of their reintroduction to the zone.
The UN Faces a Different Kind of Crisis — a Slow Erosion of Trust, Legitimacy, & Effectiveness
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (IPS) - In 1945, with cities in ruins and hope stretched thin, 50 nations gathered in San Francisco and reached for a better world. From the ashes of fascism, genocide, and world war, they forged a charter — a binding declaration that peace, justice, and human dignity must be protected through international cooperation.
Romania’s Electoral Crisis: A Warning Shot for Democracy in the Digital Age
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 27 (IPS) - On 6 December 2024, Romania’s Constitutional Court made an unprecedented decision: with just two days to go before a presidential runoff expected to bring a far-right, Russia-sympathising candidate to power, the court took the extraordinary step of annulling the election due to evidence of massive Russian interference. It was the first time an EU member state has cancelled an election over social media disinformation. It may not be the last.
UN aims to transform urgency into action at Nice Ocean Conference
- UN News
Countries are uniting in the French city of Nice next month to save the marine environment.
Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangle
- UN News
The Golden Triangle – the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic meet – has seen an exponential surge in the illicit manufacture and trafficking of synthetic drugs.
Sanctions relief for Syria offers ‘powerful message of hope,’ says UN migration agency
- UN News
The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to ease sanctions against Syria.
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