Colombia calls for global financial consensus to avert COVID debt crisis
The President of Colombia on Tuesday warned that many developing countries have increased their fiscal deficit to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, putting at...
At UN, Biden pledges new era of ‘relentless diplomacy’ to tackle global challenges
In his inaugural address to the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN, United States President Joseph Biden on Tuesday called for a...
On Afghanistan, Qatar calls for separating aid from political differences
The international community must continue to support Afghanistan, the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, told the UN General...
Why only some people may get COVID-19 booster shots at first
In the United States, it’s looking like booster shots of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine won’t be widely available to the general public starting this week....
The UN Food Systems Summit and Some Issues of Concern
LETHBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 21 (IPS) – Why is the UN holding a Food Systems Summit? Two issues that need discussion at the international leadership...
US plan to increase refugee resettlement welcomed by UNHCR
United States President Joe Biden’s proposal to raise the target for refugee resettlement there in the coming fiscal year to 125,000 people, has been...
Luis Miramontes helped enable the sexual revolution. Why isn’t he better known?
When Mexican scientist Luis Miramontes signed his lab notebook on October 15, 1951, he didn’t know he was documenting history. That day, he made...
One of nature’s key constants is much larger in a quantum material
A crucial number that rules the universe goes big in a strange quantum material. The fine-structure constant is about 10 times its normal value...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 21 (IPS) – As developing countries struggle to cope with the pandemic, they risk being set back further by restrictive...
“We will continue to stand in solidarity with all victims of terrorism. They will not be forgotten”: that was the message from UN Counter-Terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov on Monday, at a...
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