Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the release of four members of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) who were...
PORTLAND, USA, Feb 23 (IPS) – With the unprecedented ageing of populations worldwide, countries are struggling with the critical questions of who should be...
In a galaxy not so far away, astronomers have located a surprising source of a mysterious, rapid radio signal. The signal, a repeating fast...
About 66 million years ago, a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid slammed into Earth and not long afterward, all nonbird dinosaurs, as well as many other species...
Ancient Africans in search of mates traded long-distance travels for regional connections starting about 20,000 years ago, an analysis of ancient and modern DNA...
Wildfires are projected to rise by 50 per cent by the end of the century due to the climate crisis and changes in land...
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Feb 23 (IPS) – Fifty-nine years ago, Bob Dylan recorded “With God on Our Side.” You probably haven’t heard it on...
Parents and pregnant women globally are exposed to aggressive marketing for baby formula milk, according to a report launched jointly by two UN agencies...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, Feb 22 (IPS) – Vladimir Putin’s recognition of the independence of the two breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk followed a...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (IPS) – The widening political crisis in Ukraine, which has taken a turn for the worse with the declaration of...