After the Ever Given: What the Ship Wedged in the Suez Canal Means for Global Trade
Mar 26 (IPS) – In the early hours of March 23, the container ship Ever Given was blown off course by high winds on...
MEXICO CITY, Mar 26 (IPS) – A compilation of testimonies collected by Blanca Velázquez Díaz and published by the Ebert Foundation (available at: http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/mexiko/17328.pdf)...
A Look at Colombian Coffee Prices One Year on From the Stabilization Fund
MEDELLIN, Colombia, Mar 26 (IPS) – It’s been just over a year since the Colombian government launched its landmark price stabilization fund. With a...
MEXICO CITY, Mar 26 (IPS) – In March 2014, Noemi N. took her own life inside a refuge camp in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, where...
The ‘USS Jellyfish’ emits strange radio waves from a distant galaxy cluster
Something’s fishy in the southern constellation Phoenix. Strange radio emissions from a distant galaxy cluster take the shape of a gigantic jellyfish, complete with...
A toxin behind mysterious eagle die-offs may have finally been found
Mysterious deaths of bald eagles, mallards and other lake life in the southeastern United States have puzzled scientists for more than 20 years. After...
Simple hand-built structures can help streams survive wildfires and drought
Wearing waders and work gloves, three dozen employees from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service stood at a small creek amid...
A gene defect may make rabbits do handstands instead of hop
One defective gene might turn some bunnies’ hops into handstands, a new study suggests. To move quickly, a breed of domesticated rabbit called sauteur...
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine holds up in an updated analysis of trial data
Analysis of the latest data from a clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford shows the shot...
A plant gene may have helped whiteflies become a major pest
At some point between 35 million and 80 million years ago, a whitefly landed on a leaf and started sucking its sweet sap. That...
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak 
Less than 4 years from development goals deadline, progress shows what’s possible 
Sexual violence against civilians and POW’s in Ukraine widespread and ‘abhorrent’ 
‘Violence will only defer a problem’: UN Assembly President on trust, AI and lessons from the Rohingya crisis