How to make jet fuel from sunlight, air and water vapor
Jet fuel can now be siphoned from the air. Or at least that’s the case in Móstoles, Spain, where researchers demonstrated that an outdoor...
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Here’s the quickest way to grill burgers, according to math
If you have a hankering for a hamburger, math may have some timesaving cooking tips for you. Increasing the number of times a burger...
KINSHASA, Jul 26 (IPS) – The writer is the International Project Leader for the Congo Basin Forest, Greenpeace AfricaFrom the fall-out of the pandemic...
Africa Taken for Neo-Colonial Ride
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 26 (IPS) – Like so many others, Africans have long been misled. Alleged progress under imperialism has long been...
UN delivers aid directly to Haitians caught up in gang violence
United Nations humanitarian agencies have started delivering aid directly to people in Haiti following a recent spike in violence between rival gangs which has...
Monkeypox: How it spreads, who’s at risk – here’s what you need to know
Monkeypox is not a new disease, and in some African countries it is endemic. However, the international outbreak which began in May 2022, has...
Australian authorities must speed up the repatriation of their nationals held in detention centres in Syria following the recent confirmation of the death of...
New ECOSOC President aims to ease crises which have ‘engulfed our societies’
Bulgaria’s UN Ambassador banged the gavel as President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the first time on Monday with a vow...
Landmark guidelines aim to protect children uprooted by climate change
New UN-backed guidelines issued on Monday aim to protect, include and empower children forced to flee their homes due to the climate crisis, marking...
Libya: Human rights abuses, political stalemates, electoral delays mar progress
The overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile”, Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs and peace operations, told the Security Council on Monday....
As freshwater reserves shrink, countries must prepare for a new water reality 
What it Means to be ‘Too Old’ and a Woman: Systemic Gendered Ageism and Loss of Belonging 
Ahead of COP17, UN Biodiversity Chief Urges Urgent Realignment of Finance with Nature Goals 
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