WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help deliver lifesaving care
New guidelines on abortion are now available from the World Health Organization (WHO), in a bid to prevent more than 25 million unsafe terminations that happen...
Two years on, COVID-19 pandemic ‘far from over’
Almost 500 million people have been infected with the coronavirus since March 2020 and new variants are still a threat. This Friday marks two...
Invasion of Ukraine: Neighbours struggle with refugee influx; UN expresses ‘horror’ at Mariupol hospital attack
The exodus of millions of Ukrainians from their country following the Russian invasion could overwhelm neighbouring countries, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday, as the...
New Constitution Would Declare Chile a Plurinational State
SANTIAGO, Mar 09 (IPS) – Chile could change the course of its history and become a diverse and multicolored country this year with a...
The mysterious Hiawatha crater in Greenland is 58 million years old
The powerful impact that created a mysterious crater at the northwestern edge of Greenland’s ice sheet happened about 58 million years ago, researchers report...
Genetically modified mosquitoes could be tested in California soon
Genetically modified mosquitoes might soon be whining on both U.S. coasts. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved two more years of testing Oxitec’s...
The Belarusian Government’s continuing crackdown on political opponents, civil society, journalists and lawyers has seen the fundamental human rights of tens of thousands violated,...
Fears grow for Syria amid rising violence, deepening humanitarian crisis
Top UN-appointed rights investigators on Wednesday urged renewed efforts for a political solution to Syria’s devastating war, which has been marked by an uptick...
A Rude Awakening for America and its Allies
NEW YORK, Mar 09 (IPS) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was certainly not a surprise and has unambiguously exposed the West’s weakness. The question...
Brutal Discrimination Adds Trauma to Roma as they Flee War-torn Ukraine
BRATISLAVA, Mar 09 (IPS) – Roma refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine are facing discrimination on both sides of the country’s borders at the end of...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now