The UN chief has called for $100 million each year in assessed contributions from Member States, to fund the world body’s peacebuilding activities, describing...
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 4 million people have fled the country – two million of them, are children....
A third of the world’s population has yet to receive a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine, including a shocking 83 per cent of all...
Some bacteria carry tiny syringes filled with chemicals that may thin out competitors or incapacitate predators. Now, researchers have gotten up-close views of these...
BERLIN, Mar 30 (IPS) – In a short period, the war in Ukraine has already had a major effect on the world economy. The...
Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday night condemned recent terrorist attacks in Israel that have claimed the lives of at least 11 Israeli citizens. Read the...
BRATISLAVA, Mar 30 (IPS) – States must do more to protect women and children fleeing war in Ukraine, rights groups have urged, amid growing...
PALMIRA, Colombia, Mar 30 (IPS) – As he points to a white shelf that holds bean seeds, Austrian biologist Peter Wenzl explains that one...
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Julius Nziza still remembers the moment vividly. Just before dawn on a chilly January morning in 2019, he and his team gently extracted a...