Urgent action needed to end ‘inhumane conditions’ facing Haiti prisoners: UN rights chief
Extreme overcrowding and lack of access to food, water and health, are among the ‘inhumane conditions’ that prisoners in Haiti must endure, often over...
Women must no longer be ‘squeezed into a small corner’, landmark Forum declares
In a bid to put gender equality at the heart of COVID recovery, UN Women kicked off a three-day “landmark effort” in Paris on...
Despite “significant progress” in the fight against terrorism, the UN counter-terrorism chief warned on Wednesday that amidst new and more diverse threats, COVID-19 has triggered increased activity throughout many countries. Read the full story, “Terrorists become increasingly ‘innovative’, in a world...
Anti-Gay ‘Therapy’ Offered at Uganda Health Centres Run by Aid-Funded Groups
KAMPALA, Jun 30 (IPS) – At Mulago, Uganda’s biggest public hospital, a receptionist at an HIV clinic for marginalised and ‘most at risk’ populations,...
An atomic clock that could revolutionize space travel just passed its first test
An atomic clock that could transform deep-space travel has successfully completed its first test run in space. NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock, which launched...
This moon-sized white dwarf is the smallest ever found
Only a smidge bigger than the moon, a newfound white dwarf is the smallest of its kind known. The white dwarf, a type of...
A malaria vaccine with live parasites shows promise in a small trial
In a one-two punch, a malaria vaccine in development pairs a shot of the live parasite that causes the disease with a whammy of...
Fossilized dung from a dinosaur ancestor yields a new beetle species
In a fossilized chunk of ancient reptilian poo, scientists have uncovered complete specimens of a new beetle species. The finding, described June 30 in...
“We Need to Act Now” — as Sub-Saharan Africa Faces Third Wave of Covid-19
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 30 (IPS) – Sub-Saharan Africa is in the grips of a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to be even...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism could result in a more than $4 trillion loss to the global economy, UN trade and development body...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now