By Yasmine SherifNEW YORK, May 23 2025 (IPS-Partners) 22 May 2025, New York – In the past two months alone, more than 950 children have reportedly been killed in strikes across the Gaza Strip. That’s 15 children every day who lose their lives in this horrific conflict. Those who survive face the risk of famine, illness, and the collapse of essential services, including education. As the global...

Indonesia’s largest coal mining company in operation. Even “green” energy requires destructive mining for trace minerals. Credit: Dominik Vanyi By Kirsten Stade and Alan WareSAINT PAUL, Minnesota, May 23 2025 – As the United States lurches toward isolationism and authoritarianism, its political problems are now bleeding into pocketbook anxieties that Trump’s policies will...

Philemon Yang (centre), President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the high-level meeting on Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development. Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe By Oritro KarimUNITED NATIONS, May 23 2025 – Since 2000, the United Nations (UN) recognizes May 22 as the International Day for Biological Diversity, in hopes of promoting international...

Each year, the International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22) invites us to reflect on the living fabric that sustains life—biodiversity. The 2025 theme, “Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development,” underscores an increasingly urgent truth: sustainable development must go hand in hand with the preservation of nature. By Himanshu PathakHYDERABAD, India, May 23 2025 – Nowhere...

A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA. Credit: US Department of Defense (DoD) By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, May 23 2025 – When US President Donald Trump offered to declare neighboring Canada as America’s 51st state, the Canadians vehemently rejected the proposal. “We don’t want to be part of America,” was the rallying cry. And the short-lived offer was shot down in flames. The next target...