UN chief António Guterres on Tuesday added his voice to the growing international calls for a war crimes investigation into the killing of civilians in...
Zimbabwe Unsafe Roads Could Drive the Economy Around the Bend
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Apr 05 (IPS) – When driving at night in Zimbabwe, watch out for a pair of eyes on the road and slow...
US Migration Policy Is Enriching Cartels at the Busiest, and Most Dangerous, Part of the US-Mexico Border
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 05 (IPS) – Adam Isacson is Director for Defense Oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America“The migrants try to organize...
Warning: Climate Crisis Is Now the Single Biggest Health Threat Facing Humanity
MADRID, Apr 05 (IPS) – While the world’s top scientists and experts continue their arduous work to finally submit to politicians at the 27th...
Racial bias can seep into U.S. patients’ medical notes
When health care providers enter notes into patients’ electronic health records, they are more likely to portray Black patients negatively compared with white patients,...
A star nicknamed ‘Earendel’ may be the most distant yet seen
A chance alignment may have revealed a star from the universe’s first billion years. If confirmed, this star would be the most distant one...
Deepening Stagflation: Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 05 (IPS) – The world is sailing into a perfect storm as key leaders seem intent on threatening more...
Perils of Hunger, Food Insecurity in Southern Africa- Challenges & Opportunities
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 05 (IPS) – Food systems are under severe stress around the world now. The thresholds of tolerance are already exceeding...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Apr 05 (IPS) – On the battleground that has become African wildlife conservation, rural communities find themselves in the middle...
Almost everyone now breathing polluted air, warns WHO
An astonishing 99 per cent of the world’s population breathes polluted air that exceeds internationally approved limits, with negative health impacts kicking in at...
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