Khumbu glacier at the Mt. Everest region in Nepal. A new report says glaciers are even more sensitive to global warming than previously estimated. Credit: Tanka Dhakal/IPS By Tanka DhakalBLOOMINGTON, USA, May 30 2025 – Almost 40 percent of glaciers that exist now are already in danger of melting even if global temperature stabilized at present-day conditions, a study says. An international...

Study Tour on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Credit: UNFPA By Cecilia RussellSARAJEVO & JOHANNESBURG, May 30 2025 – Jelena Pekić, MP of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (House of People) and Deputy Speaker of the Canton Sarajevo Assembly, Lana Prlić, MP of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (House of Representatives) and Marina Riđić,...

Rescue workers line up body bags in Tal Al Sultan, in Rafah, in southern Gaza. Credit: UNOCHA By Alon Ben-MeirNEW YORK, May 30 2025 – For over a year, I refused to ascribe Israel’s war against Hamas and the reign of horror it is inflicting on the Palestinians in Gaza as genocide, but now I feel shaken to the core by what I am witnessing. If what I see is not genocide, then I do not know...

African schools gear up for the AI revolution. Girls attend a robotics bootcamp in Rwanda. Credit: UN Women/Geno Ochieng Digital transformation can be the engine of responsible and democratic development in Africa, but only if leadership, investment, and decision-making are rooted in the continent itself. By Mehdi Jomaa and Obiageli “Oby” EzekwesiliTUNIS, Tunisia/ ABUJA, Nigeria, May 30 2025...