Global push needed to ensure ‘clean, affordable and sustainable electricity’ for all
During the last decade, more people around the world have gained access to electricity than ever before. However, the number still not connected has...
Attacks by armed groups including Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province pose grave threats to Central Africa’s fragile stability, the Secretary-General’s Special...
Even though COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined in recent weeks, the world is facing a “two-track pandemic”, the UN’s top health official said...
Foreign Minister of Maldives elected next General Assembly President
The UN chief welcomed the election on Monday of Abdulla Shahid, Foreign Minister of the Maldives, as President-elect of the 76th session of the...
FDA approved a new Alzheimer’s drug despite controversy over whether it works
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a controversial Alzheimer’s treatment, the first that promises to slow the disease’s destruction in the brain,...
Indias COVID-19 Vaccine Drive Is Excluding Millions of Citizens
MUMBAI, India, Jun 07 (IPS) – In May, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) uploaded a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) related to...
SCRANTON, USA, Jun 07 (IPS) – You don’t have to look too hard to find some news network or media outlet talking about water...
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 07 (IPS) – What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you read the words, women and...
Is the UN Fighting a Losing Battle Against Worlds Corrupt Leaders?
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 07 (IPS) – A hilarious anecdote, recounted in the New York Times years ago, related to the widespread corruption embedded in...
Death toll of Burkina Faso Attack Reaches 160
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Jun 07 (IPS) – On the night of Friday 4th June, a group of unidentified armed men stormed the village of...
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