The definition of planet is still a sore point – especially among Pluto fans
For 76 years, Pluto was the beloved ninth planet. No one cared that it was the runt of the solar system, with a moon,...
Lisa Grossman
First Person: Health workers in Afghanistan brave safety fears, to continue treating the sick
An Afghan doctor has told UN News that he is committed to providing essential healthcare services to people who have fled their homes due...
Refugee Paralympic Team ‘will change people’s lives’, says Bayern Munich player and UN Goodwill Ambassador
Ahead of the opening of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo on Tuesday, Alphonso Davies, footballer for German league champions Bayern Munich and Goodwill Ambassador for the...
Protection for children caught up in war must be at the heart of the international agenda, including COVID-19 response, a senior UN official said...
No end to Yemen civil war on the horizon, senior UN official briefs Security Council
No progress has been made by parties in Yemen to reach a political agreement to settle the civil war, which is now in its...
Solutions to Food Insecurity Top Agenda in Meeting of Small Island Developing States
CANBERRA, Australia, Aug 23 (IPS) – The urgency of finding solutions to the most pressing development challenges of our times has increased as the...
Woman Farmer Shows Way as Small Island Developing State Battles Pandemics Impacts
APIA, Samoa, Aug 23 (IPS) – Keni Lesa works on SIDS Solution Platform Communications for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
Climate change made Europe’s flash floods in July more likely
Climate change has increased the likelihood of heavy downpours in Western Europe such as the July rains that led to devastating flash floods, researchers...
Afghanistan: UN agencies sound alarm over emergency aid supply logjam
UN humanitarian agencies are warning that they are unable to bring urgently needed emergency supplies into Afghanistan, and are calling for a “humanitarian airbridge”...
Southern African Migrants Excluded as COVID-19 Pandemic Grows
Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug 23 (IPS) – Migrants across the Southern Africa region are massively disadvantaged as they find themselves excluded from vaccine programmes...
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