Romania’s Electoral Crisis: A Warning Shot for Democracy in the Digital Age. On 6 December 2024, Romania’s Constitutional Court made an unprecedented decision: with just two days to …

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NEW YORK, May 1 2025 (IPS) - Press freedom is no longer a given in the United States 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term as journalists and newsrooms face mounting …

Two weeks after a devastating earthquake hit central Myanmar, the military junta is directing flows of international aid to urban centres it controls while bombing civilians in areas held by …

4 days ago · The World Health Organization (WHO) for this year’s World No Tobacco Day (May 31) has chosen the theme, “Unmasking the Appeal”, to reveal the tactics employed by the …

A long chain of people is winding its way along the highways of Chiapas, the southernmost Mexican state. It is moving fast, despite the fact that one-third of its ranks are made up of …

Late in February, India’s noted ornithologist and conservationist, Asad Rahmani, wrote a letter to a wildlife warden in north India expressing his satisfaction about the availability of water in four …

A report released today on the International Day of Education sounds alarm as the number of school-aged children in crisis worldwide requiring urgent support to access quality education …

World Press Freedom Day 2025 . NEW YORK, May 2 2025 (IPS) - Pressures on the press are piling up. Like an avalanche gaining speed yet unnoticed by most people in the valley below, …

May 22, 2025 · In November, tens of thousands of male olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) start congregating on just five kilometers of nearshore in Odisha in eastern …