Rising violent attacks by jihadist groups in Burkina Faso are forcing record-breaking numbers of people to flee both inside the country and across international...
The role of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in promoting development has become “even more critical” as a way of guiding and informing the COVID-19 pandemic response worldwide, Collen Vixen Kelapile said on Friday, speaking for the first...
The public water system in Lebanon is “on life support” and could collapse at any moment, putting 71 per cent of the population, or...
What experts know so far about COVID-19 boosters for immunocompromised people
People with weak immune systems don’t always mount strong defenses against the coronavirus, even after being fully vaccinated. A third COVID-19 vaccine dose might...
Violence Casts Shadow Over South Africas Post-Apartheid Democratic Gains
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, Jul 23 (IPS) – Twenty-seven years after South Africa’s first democratic elections, the country finds itself reflecting on the catalysts of...
How do scientists calculate the age of a star?
We know quite a lot about stars. After centuries of pointing telescopes at the night sky, astronomers and amateurs alike can figure out key...
A partial skeleton reveals the world’s oldest known shark attack
Somewhere off southeastern Japan’s coast around 3,000 years ago, a shark attacked and killed a man who was likely fishing or shellfish diving. Afterward,...
Europe’s Catastrophic Flooding Was Forecast Well in Advance – What Went So Wrong?
Jul 22 (IPS) – Almost 200 people dead and many others still missing. Billions of euros’ worth of damage. Communities devastated. Thousands of homes...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jul 23 (IPS) – Following the Supreme Court’s decision to reinstall the House of Representatives and appoint– after a prolonged and nasty...
Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global climate, water-related hazards top the list of natural disasters with the highest human losses in the...
Why the UN General Assembly still matters 
UN Crime Congress: Technology is transforming crime – and the response to it 
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Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak