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[ ] According to the UN agency, between 2019 and 2021 – the early years of the global health emergency – life expectancy around the world dropped by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, which is the 2012 level. Responding to…

[ ] by IPS Correspondent (the hague) Friday, May 24, 2024 Inter Press Service The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offense in Rafah. “In conformity with obligations under the Genocide Convention, Israel must immediately…

[ ] Credit: Robert Atanasovski/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Thursday, May 23, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, May 23 (IPS) – The old guard is back in North Macedonia, as the former ruling party – the Internal…

[ ] Camera crews wait outside the Slovak parliament building in Bratislava days after the attempted assassination of PM Robert Fico. Credit: Ed Holt/IPS by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, May 24, 2024 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, May 24 (IPS) – Fears…

[ ] The UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) is continuing to provide healthcare as best it can but overcrowded shelters and limited sanitation services, coupled with forced displacement, are posing severe health risks, the agency said in a post…

[ ] Based on information from 44 countries that engaged in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, it highlights unhealthy eating habits, increasing levels of overweight and obesity and low levels of physical activity in young people. According…

[ ] Afghanistan is “not a hopeless crisis,” Edem Wosornu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, told journalists in New York, following a recent visit to the country, Pakistan and war-wracked Sudan. Ms. Wosornu was part of an all-woman…

[ ] Adopting a resolution with the same title, the Assembly also asked the Secretary-General to establish an outreach programme on the Srebrenica genocide in preparation for the 30th anniversary next year. It further condemned any denial of the Srebrenica…

[ ] Denise Brown said civilian lives must be protected during conflict by all sides, but in Kharkiv in recent days, they have instead been targeted in their homes, with businesses and transport links damaged and attacked. “My thoughts are…

[ ] “Now is the time to unleash Africa’s peace power,” he said, opening a debate on its critical role in addressing global security and development challenges, convened by Mozambique, the Council president for May. Calling Africa “an important voice…