Photo: Pixabay/Zephyrka Facing heavy losses on the ground, Russia has escalated its aerial campaign against Ukraine’s civilian energy infrastructure in recent weeks, firing dozens of missiles across the country on 23 November that have killed 10 people and left many more in the dark. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has decried […]

ECW Director Yasmine Sherif Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and #16Days of Activism By Yasmine SherifNEW YORK, Nov 25 2022 (IPS-Partners) As we now have entered the 21st century, we must end violence against girls and women. Attacking and abusing girls and women […]

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, chair of COP27, reads the nine-page Sharm El Sheikh Implementation Plan, the document that concluded the climate summit on Sunday Nov. 20, to an exhausted audience after tough and lengthy negotiations that finally reached an agreement to create a fund for loss and damage, a […]

Photo: Pixabay/Photography_by_Sebbi  The first genetically modified (GM) food ever made commercially available to the public was a tomato, invented in the US in 1994. Since then, a number of different genetically modified foods have been created, including corn, cotton, potatoes and pink pineapple. Although genetically modified foods still get a […]

Germany has only two aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) systems in operation, one in Bonn and one in Rostock, but a new study of the climate-friendly ATES technology finds that more than half the country could benefit in the future. An ATES system relies on shallow groundwater sites to transfer […]

Country: World Sources: UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UN Women The study shows that on average more than 5 women/girls were killed per hour by a family member in 2021. Violence against women and girls is one of the most pervasive human rights violations worldwide

In the armed services, African Americans make up 23 percent of enlisted soldiers, which is approaching nearly double their proportion of the U.S. population. Among officers, however, the percentage of African Americans is considerably lower at 11 percent. Credit: Shutterstock. By Joseph ChamiePORTLAND, USA, Nov 23 2022 (IPS) Countries worldwide, […]