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Debate at UN examines impact of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’

Debate at UN examines impact of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’

Named after the flowers civilians stuffed in the muzzles of the soldiers’ guns, the revolution put Portugal on the path to democracy and led...
UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti

UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti

The migrants were on a boat carrying at least 77 people from Ras al-Ara off Yemen’s coast which capsized off the coast of Djibouti,...
Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over...

A major landmark study to be published by The Lancet reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the...
WMO report: Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather

WMO report: Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather

Following close on the heels of the study of climate change in Europe, published by WMO on Monday, the State of the Climate in Asia 2023...
Healing page by page in earthquake-affected Türkiye

Healing page by page in earthquake-affected Türkiye

Ahead of World Book and Copyright Day, marked annually on 23 April, Miko Alazas of IOM caught up with a bibliophile in Adiyaman, Türkiye,...
Hungry for data: Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia

Hungry for data: Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia

“I was not aware that vegetables were that important or how to grow them,” said the 25-year-old farmer from Idas in West Kalimantan on...