Pacific Community Warns of Threat to Education Retention in the Wake of COVID-19
CANBERRA, Australia, Aug 27 (IPS) – Before the pandemic, many Pacific Island countries grappled with low numbers of students completing secondary education. Now experts...
Vaccine inequity causes ‘dangerous divergence’ in COVID survival rates – UN agency heads
The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at “two alarmingly different speeds”, UN agency leaders said in a statement on Friday, noting that...
Advancing the Rights of Women Manual Scavengers in India
Aug 27 (IPS) – Manual scavenging is a caste-based profession that leads to discrimination and atrocities against those engaged in it. Generations of families...
50 years ago, astronomers were chipping away at Pluto’s mass
The shrinking mass of Pluto — Science News, August 28, 1971 Pluto was the last of the planets to be discovered (in 1930). If...
An incredibly resilient coral in the Great Barrier Reef offers hope for the future
A coral the size of a carousel is the widest known in the Great Barrier Reef. Found just off the coast of Goolboodi Island...
Crisis in Afghanistan: All Eyes on Central Asia
WASHINGTON DC, Aug 27 (IPS) – The political and human catastrophe in Afghanistan is threatening to boost autocratic tendencies in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. With...
The UN has verified 266,000 cases of grave violations against children in more than 30 conflict situations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and...
Although the African Region was certified free of wild poliovirus one year ago, after four years without a case, outbreaks of a vaccine-derived poliovirus...
Afghanistan: UN chief condemns terrorist blasts near Kabul airport
Secretary-General António Guterres condemned on Thursday the terror attacks around Kabul airport in Afghanistan and expressed his support for both the injured and the...
WFP steps up support in Haiti
The World Food Programme (WFP) is stepping up ongoing support to Haitians who are now facing destroyed homes, lost livelihoods and little or no access...
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