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From Algorithms to Accountability: What Global AI Governance Should Look Like
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 14 (IPS) - Recent research from Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI warns that bias in artificial intelligence remains deeply rooted even in models designed to avoid it and can worsen as models grow. From bias in hiring of men over women for leadership roles, to misclassification of darker-skinned individuals as criminals, the stakes are high.
Nations confront deep divisions over carbon emission cuts to global shipping
- UN News
The UN maritime agency opened a special session in London on Tuesday, where nations are debating – and may adopt – a landmark framework to curb greenhouse gas emissions for global shipping, amid intense debate and open US opposition.
Why are over 670 million people going hungry?
- UN News
More than eight per cent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough to eat and going hungry, according to the UN.
Strengthening East Asian Cooperation via ASEAN?
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, October 14 (IPS) - Global South cooperation arrangements must evolve to better respond to pressing contemporary and imminent challenges, rather than risk being irrelevant straitjackets stuck in the past.
‘No Solution Will Work If the Institutions Responsible for Abuses Remain in Charge of Implementing It’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses enforced disappearances in Mexico with a member of the International Network of Associations of Missing Persons. The crisis of disappearances in Mexico has reached alarming proportions, with over 52,000 unidentified bodies in morgues and mass graves. On 1 July, the Mexican Congress approved controversial changes to the General Law on Disappearances, which promise to modernise the search process through a national biometric system, but which human rights organisations and victims’ groups claim could establish an unprecedented system of mass surveillance.
Darjeeling’s Wake-Up Call: Expert at IUCN Congress Calls for Agile Climate Finance
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, October 13 (IPS) - As global conservation leaders gather in Abu Dhabi for the IUCN World Conservation Congress, communities in the hills of Darjeeling, thousands of kilometers away, are still counting their losses. In early October, heavy rains triggered deadly landslides that buried homes, blocked key roads, and left several people dead. The destruction has once again exposed how vulnerable India’s mountain regions are to extreme weather.
Parliamentarians Seek Solutions for Digital Child Abuse
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO & JOHANNESBURG, October 13 (IPS) - Vulnerable children are being targeted online faster than parliamentarians and law enforcers can act, a conference convened by the Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) heard. Yet, with international cooperation and sharing of ideas, lawmakers believe the scourge of online abuse can be addressed.
Quo Vadis UN @80?
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, October 13 (IPS) - The United Nations turned 80 this year. What should have been a moment of pride and celebration at the high-level session of the UN General Assembly in September 2025 turned instead into an occasion of bitter irony.
The ‘food heroes’ cultivating global change
- UN News
People around the world who are transforming food systems in their local communities are being recognised and supported by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Trade, debt and investment at the heart of upcoming UN meeting, as global unpredictability hits people’s livelihoods
- UN News
The world’s poorest are being squeezed by trade uncertainty, heavy debt burdens and falling investment, the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD warned a week before ministers gather in Geneva for its largest meeting in four years.
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