Medicines contaminated by toxic excipients which are normally used as solvents or antifreeze have resulted in multiple deaths and health complications, as a new UN report finds. Credit: Unsplash/Mina Rad By Maximilian MalawistaNEW YORK, Aug 7 2025 (IPS) The contamination of pharmaceutical medicines through toxic excipients is killing many and harming others. The UN agencies…
Christiana, a mother of six, fled repeated waves of armed violence, first from her home in Morne Blanc, where her husband was killed in 2024, then from Mirebalais in March 2025, seeking safety in Boucan Carré. Credit: UNICEF/Herold Joseph By Oritro KarimUNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 2025 (IPS) The humanitarian situation in Haiti has deteriorated significantly…
A nuclear test is carried out on an island in French Polynesia in 1971. Credit: CTBTO By Tariq RaufVIENNA, Austria, Aug 7 2025 (IPS) On 16th July this year I was at the University of Chicago, attending a Nobel Laureate Assembly, and visited the site where at 15:25 PM local time on 2 December 1942,…
A high-level event focused on agriculture at the ongoing Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Joyce ChimbiAWAZA, Turkmenistan, Aug 6 2025 (IPS) Agriculture is a critical sector in landlocked developing countries, as more than half (55 percent) of the population is employed in the agriculture sector – significantly higher…
By CIVICUSAug 6 2025 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses Bolivia’s upcoming presidential election with Juan Carlos Uribe and Lucas Illanes from ChequeaBolivia, an initiative that monitors and verifies social media content. Juan Carlos Uribe and Lucas Illanes On 17 August, 10 candidates will compete for the presidency in a context of deep political and social polarisation following…
Technological change is unleashing a new era in productivity and creativity with far-reaching implications for global development and security. But, beyond adopting new, non-binding normative frameworks, all UN member states must come together to improve the management of new and emerging technologies to better leverage their many benefits, while mitigating multiple risks. Credit: istock By…
The home of Oksana Serhienko, Merefa village, near Kharkiv, Ukraine. Credit: Akos Stiller By Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, Aug 6 2025 (IPS) As Russian forces continue to lay waste to civilian areas of towns and cities across Ukraine, Roma in the country are struggling to access compensation to help them rebuild their damaged homes. Russia’s relentless bombing…
Ilay David (on screen), brother of a hostage held in Gaza, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. City/Location: New York Country: United States of America Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe By Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin LevineUNITED NATIONS, Aug 6 2025 (IPS) At the United Nations media stakeout…
The raised flags of Turkmenistan and the United Nations marked the official opening of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3). Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Joyce ChimbiAWAZA, Turkmenistan, Aug 5 2025 (IPS) Heads of State, ministers, investors and grassroots leaders are gathered in Awaza on Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast for a once-in-a-decade UN conference…
Bernhard Waase, director of Renig, a subsidiary of the Salvadoran company El Granjero, where chicken manure from eight farms is converted into biogas. Credit: Edgardo Ayala / IPS By Edgardo AyalaSAN SALVADOR, Aug 5 2025 (IPS) El Granjero, the second-largest egg producer in El Salvador, invested US$2.5 million in 2017 to build a biogas plant,…
