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UN Recognizes Broadcaster Attenborough With Lifetime Achievement Award
Attenborough, 95, is arguably the world’s best-known natural history broadcaster. During a career that began with the dawn of television, he has penned and...
Civil society
UN Secretary-General António Guterres Requests Meetings with Putin, Zelenskyy
The immediate impact of the war is the gravest in Ukraine. But it could have global ramifications, putting 1.7 billion people worldwide at risk...
Features
First Person: A Month In A Mariupol Basement
Invading Russian forces have almost completely destroyed Mariupol, a port city in southern Ukraine. Former resident Alina Beskrovna recalled a month-long ordeal sheltering in...
Finance and Economy
High Cost of Debt is Crippling Developing Nations: How Can We Bridge the Finance Divide?
The 2022 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Bridging the Finance Divide report released by the United Nations last week finds that the ‘finance divide’...
Civil society
Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Reform Charm Offensive
On 22 March 2022, Sri Lankan lawmakers have approved a range of reforms to the country’s controversial anti-terror law. Activist groups, some Western governments and international bodies continue...
Agriculture
Traditional, Time-Tested Methods and a Modern App Helps Beat Climate Change
Farmers have a trying time during summer, preventing the soil from cracking from intense heat. Erratic and untimely rains exacerbate the pest problem. Now,...
Civil society
First Person: Visions of Hell, in Haiti
Samuel (not his real name) grew up near the Haitian Capital of Port-au-Prince, and has seen his childhood home descend into lawlessness and gang...
Human rights
Ukraine’s President Calls on Security Council to Act for Peace, or ‘Dissolve’ Itself
In an impassioned address to the Security Council that evoked the ashen destruction wrought during the Second World War, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday described...
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Developing Asia and the Pacific Unprepared for Challenges of Aging Population
The number of people aged 60 and older in developing Asia and the Pacific is set to nearly double...
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WTO and ADB Strengthen Collaboration for Sustainable Economic Growth
The WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart...
Indian Meteorological Department Releases Weather Forecast for the First Week of May
Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions likely to continue over East India till 2 May and over south...
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Developing Asia and the Pacific Unprepared for Challenges of Aging Population
The number of people aged 60 and older in...
WTO and ADB Strengthen Collaboration for Sustainable Economic Growth
The WTO is the only global international organization dealing...
