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Rejuvenating Tradition Help Save Ancient Engineering Marvel—Dhamapur Lake
- Inter Press Service
PUNE, India, Oct 02 (IPS) - Dhamapur is a small village in Malvan taluka of west Sindhudurg district, housing the famous Dhamapur Lake. The Vijayanagar kings constructed an earthfill dam in 1530 A.D., creating a man-made lake surrounded by hills on three sides. Canals connect it to the Karli river, irrigating lush paddies and farms that grow the red Sorti and Walay rice varieties typical to the region.
The Approaching Rainy Season Signals Trouble for Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (IPS) - As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to grow more dire as a result of the Israel-Hamas war, concerns of diminishing public health are growing due to prolonged flooding. Repeated airstrikes and forced evacuations in recent weeks have pushed many displaced citizens to flooding hotspots. An influx of torrential rain has greatly exacerbated the failing sanitation system, increasing the risk of contracting waterborne diseases. Health experts fear that conditions will continue to worsen in the coming winter months.
Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace
- UN News
Despite the significant peace and security challenges facing Africa, there are reasons to be hopeful, the head of the UN Office to the African Union (UNOAU) told ambassadors at the Security Council on Wednesday, urging their continued focus on the continent.
World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa
- UN News
A breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people – one in two of them children – the UN migration office, IOM, said on Wednesday.
UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation
- UN News
Hours after Iran fired a reported 200 missiles at Israel in response to Israeli military incursions in southern Lebanon raising fears of a wider Middle East escalation, UN human rights chief Volker Türk insisted on Wednesday that “peace must prevail” in the Middle East, while UN Member States meeting in Geneva reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and beyond.
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges
- UN News
Security Council members are meeting in emergency session on Tuesday morning in New York with the Middle East on the brink of all-out war. App users can follow our live coverage here.
Nuclear Annihilation Threatened by Revival of 20h Century McCarthy Era Cold War & Red Scare
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 02 (IPS) - The world may have dodged an immediate bullet when the US intelligence agencies warned, this week, that by giving in to Ukraine's pleading for long range missiles that could attack targets deep into Russia, we would be poking the Russian bear beyond its patience without even influencing the outcome of the war in Ukraine's favor.
‘Australia Must Turn Its Climate Rhetoric into Action’
- Inter Press Service
Oct 01 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the recent Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting in Tonga with Jacynta Fa'amau, Pacific Campaigner at 350.org, a global civil society organisation campaigning for climate action.
COP 29: High Stakes for Small Islands Fighting for Climate Finance
- Inter Press Service
SAINT LUCIA, Oct 01 (IPS) - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are experiencing the most severe impacts of climate change. When leaders of those islands met in Antigua and Barbuda in May, they let the world know that achieving climate justice hinges on comprehensive climate finance.
Nasrallah: Stronger Dead than Alive
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, USA, Oct 01 (IPS) - There is no question that Hassan Nasrallah was a powerful orator. He could hold millions of followers in rapt attention—even adoration—through his deep voice, logic, passion, and wit.
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