NEW YORK, Aug 09 (IPS) – The first time I visited South Sudan in 2004 – prior to its independence – I travelled across...
End inequalities, recognize abuses, UN chief says on International Day of Indigenous Peoples
Although some countries have begun to rectify their “heinous legacy” of discrimination against indigenous people, more action is still needed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
Shocking’ escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed shock on Monday at the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan, following the deaths of...
Despite an overall decrease in maritime traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic, piracy and armed robbery of ships rose by nearly 20 per cent...
A Code Red Warning on the Hazards of Climate Change & an Impending Global Disaster
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 (IPS) – A landmark report on the hazards of climate change predicts a devastating future for the world at large....
Global warming ‘unequivocally’ human driven, at unprecedented rate: IPCC
Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest...
Colliding photons were spotted making matter. But are the photons ‘real’?
Collide light with light, and poof, you get matter and antimatter. It sounds like a simple idea, but it turns out to be surprisingly...
Schools are reopening. COVID-19 is still here. What does that mean for kids?
As the delta variant of the coronavirus sends case counts surging, millions of U.S. children are heading back to school in person, many for...
UN pledges full support to Nagasaki voices fuelling ‘powerful global movement’ against nuclear arms
António Guterres has reaffirmed the full support of the United Nations to amplifying the powerful testimony of the survivors of the atomic bomb that was...
UN Preaches Transparency to the Outside World but Fails to Practice it in its Own Backyard
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 (IPS) – The United Nations has long preached the wisdom of transparency and accountability to the outside world, but has...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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