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Zanzibar’s Battle to Save Endangered Turtles Intensifies as Global Study Exposes Deadly Microplastic Threat
- Inter Press Service
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, November 25 (IPS) - On a warm morning at Matemwe, a small crowd gathers behind a rope barrier as the sand begins to tremble. A tiny head pushes through a soft mound of earth, then another, and another. Within minutes, the shallow nest—protected for weeks by a ring of wooden stakes and mesh—comes alive with the rustle of dozens of hatchlings. Volunteers crouch nearby, recording the emergence time and shading the small creatures with their hands to protect them from swooping gulls.
Bonn to Belém: Three Decades of Promises, Half-Delivered Justice, and Rights-Based Governance Is Now Inevitable
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, November 25 (IPS) - COP30 in Belém is not just another annual climate meeting, it is the 32-year report card of the world governance architecture that was conceived at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992. And that is what report card says: delivery has been sporadic, cosmetic and perilously disconnected with the physics of climatic breakdown.
The Role of Youths in Shaping UN’s Post 2030 Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, November 25 (IPS) - Less than five years from 2030 it is time for the international community to confront the future of the Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals.
Over 600 million children exposed to violence at home, UNICEF warns
- UN News
More than one in four children globally – around 610 million – live with mothers who have experienced physical, emotional or sexual abuse by an intimate partner in the past year, making violence a part of their everyday lives, according to new data released by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday.
On International Day of Solidarity, UN urges greater support and aid for Palestinians
- UN News
For over two years, tens of thousands of people have been killed in Gaza. The enclave faces its most severe economic collapse in history, and even amid a fragile ceasefire, children continue to die.
World News in Brief: Justice efforts in Libya, deadly attacks in Ukraine, scores killed since Israel-Lebanon ceasefire
- UN News
Recent months have seen progress towards accountability in Libya, the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Tuesday in a briefing to the UN Security Council.
Violence against women: UN sheds light on global femicide crisis, digital abuse
- UN News
For three years, thousands of angry messages poured into American actress Azie Tesfai’s phone from a man she’d never seen nor met.
Nigeria: Hundreds abducted in the north as insurgent attacks rise
- UN News
Authorities in Nigeria are being urged to investigate the wave of abductions in the West African country, where attacks by insurgent groups are increasing.
Why a woman is killed every 10 minutes; the rising wave of global femicide
- UN News
Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2024 and that trend is growing, according to the UN.
Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns
- UN News
The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts and a deteriorating human rights environment disrupt prevention and treatment services across dozens of countries.
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