Humanitarians have launched a renewed appeal for war-ravaged Ukraine that calls for $2.25 billion to provide assistance and protection to nearly nine million people,...
The explosive growth of extractive operations around the world often plays out on indigenous people’s lands without their consent, causing irreparable harm to their...
The global economy is under severe stress and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in “need of urgent rescue”, the deputy UN chief told...
LIMA, Apr 25 (IPS) – Women entering the political arena in Peru face multiple obstacles due to gender discrimination that hinders their equal participation,...
BRATISLAVA, Apr 25 (IPS) – Soon after Russia invaded her country, Anastasiia Yeva Domani found herself forced to abandon the regime of vital medicines...
In Singapore, the UN rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for a stay of execution for two Malaysian nationals accused of drug offences. Read...
PORTLAND, USA, Apr 25 (IPS) – Since the first Earth Day observed on 22 April 1970, world conditions have worsened greatly across three critically...
An act of acrobatics keeps males of one orb-weaving spider species from becoming their mates’ post-sex snack. After mating, Philoponella prominens males catapult away...
The Last Days of the DinosaursRiley BlackSt. Martin’s Press, $28.99 Some 66 million years ago, give or take several millennia, a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid slammed...
This black hole really knows how to kick back. Scientists recently observed two black holes that united into one, and in the process got...