Farmers in Bhutan Turn To Asparagus and Strawberries To Boost Incomes
PARO, Bhutan, Oct 14 (IPS) – Zam, 57, sits at her kitchen table looking out the window at her orchard of four dozen apple...
50 years ago, scientists found a new way to clean up oil spills
Oil on the waters — Science News, October 14, 1972 [In the late 1960s], about the best means of cleaning up oil was to...
A 3-D model of the Cat’s Eye nebula shows rings sculpted by jets
Roughly 3,000 light-years from Earth sits one of the most complex and least understood nebulae, a whirling landscape of gas and dust left in...
World Food Day 2022 Call to Action as 828M People Go Hungry
New York, Oct 14 (IPS) – In this year alone, the global impact of compounding crises demonstrates, more than ever, why food scarcity must...
Myanmar’s Crisis Since the Coup– in a Nutshell
BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (IPS) – The update on September 26, 2022, of the human rights situation in Myanmar to the UN Human Rights Council...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (IPS) – The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has resulted in a never-ending flow of arms to the...
Persons with Disabilities Integral Players in Determining Innovative Solutions to Fully Inclusive Societies
BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 14 (IPS) – Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals:...
Haiti: ‘Bearers of hope’, saving newborn lives, amid growing turmoil
As protection, healthcare and essential services break down, the violence and volatile political and economic crisis engulfing Haiti has rapidly deteriorated into what the...
World Food Day: Another year of global record hunger looms amid food and climate crisis
The world is at risk of yet another year of record hunger as the global food crisis continues to drive more people into worsening...
Agroecological Women Farmers Boost Food Security in Perus Highlands
CUZCO, Peru, Oct 13 (IPS) – This article forms part of IPS coverage of International Day of Rural Women, Oct. 15.Lourdes Barreto, 47, says...
When AI goes rogue, its human overseers may be to blame 
Who should set the rules for AI? The UN is pushing for a safer digital future 
Bangladesh Must Face Its Quiet Crisis of Internal Displacement 
ETHIOPIA: ‘Reporting on Abuses Shouldn’t Be Treated as a Threat to National Interest’