How a virus turns caterpillars into zombies doomed to climb to their deaths
Higher and higher still, the cotton bollworm moth caterpillar climbs, its tiny body ceaselessly scaling leaf after leaf. Reaching the top of a plant,...
Jake Buehler
UN analysis shows link between lack of vaccine equity and widening inequalities
Only a tiny proportion of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in developing countries, leading to a widening gap between rich and poor, says the...
NEW YORK, Mar 28 (IPS) – It is hard to describe the excruciatingly painful destruction Putin is inflicting on Ukraine. However, whereas NATO should...
With the help of an innovative mobile phone service, UN agencies are working with the Government of Rajasthan, India, to combat child marriage. Read...
Recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen drew strong condemnation from Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday. Read the full story, “UN chief condemns attacks...
Noting that climate disruption, biodiversity loss and pollution threaten lives, jobs and health the world over, the UN chief said on Saturday that it...
First Person: I know what it’s like to go hungry as a child
An agronomist working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Haiti tells UN News that, like the people she helps today, she remembers what...
UN alarm over mounting Ukraine casualties, amid desperate scenes in Mariupol
Ongoing violence in Ukraine has left millions of people “in constant fear” of indiscriminate shelling, the UN warned on Friday, as efforts continued to...
Calling on the international community to accept and adopt the recent findings in his report, an independent human rights expert said on Friday that...
A deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya, has prompted the concern of the UN human rights office, which noted on Friday that arbitrary...
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