A United Nations independent human rights expert called on the Russian Government on Wednesday to halt its clampdown on human rights defenders. Read the...
‘Don’t flood the world today; don’t drown it tomorrow’, UN Chief implores leaders
As hundreds of Heads of State and Government prepare to fly into New York for the General Debate of the new General Assembly, UN...
Pakistan Flooding Shows ‘Adapting’ to Climate Change Can Be a Dangerous Illusion
PARIS, Sep 14 (IPS) – One third of Pakistan is now under water. The scope of the destruction is difficult to fathom, not just...
The end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight: WHO
As the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 plunged to its lowest since March 2020, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Poliovirus is spreading in New York. Here’s what you need to know
A particular kind of poliovirus is spreading in the United States. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that the country...
Humans may have started tending animals almost 13,000 years ago
Hunter-gatherer groups living in southwest Asia may have started keeping and caring for animals nearly 13,000 years ago — roughly 2,000 years earlier than...
Falling objects in orbit show Einstein was right — again
Gravity doesn’t discriminate. An experiment in orbit has confirmed, with precision a hundred times greater than previous efforts, that everything falls the same way...
How Kenyans help themselves and the planet by saving mangrove trees
On the fringe of Kenya’s Gazi village, 50 kilometers south of Mombasa, Mwatime Hamadi walks barefoot on a path of scorching-hot sand toward a...
Unsettled Lives in a Troubled World
NEW YORK, Sep 14 (IPS) – Cross-continent vacations seem to be the norm once again with the lessening of COVID-19 while new cities are...
Lewis Hamilton lines up with UNHCR in equality drive for refugee children’s education
Racing driver Sir Lewis Hamilton, seven-time Formula 1 world champion, is backing a fresh call from the UN on Tuesday for all refugee children...
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