Womens Voices Raised Against Hate in India
Lucknow, Feb 24 (IPS) – More and more women from different walks of life and corners of the world are raising their voices against...
Now that computers connect us all, for better and worse, what’s next?
This article was written, edited and designed on laptop computers. Such foldable, transportable devices would have astounded computer scientists just a few decades ago,...
Higher incomes contribute more to environmental degradation than population growth, a report by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has revealed. ...
“President Putin, stop your troops from attacking Ukraine, give peace a chance,” Secretary-General António Guterres urged Wednesday evening at the start of an emergency...
At dedicated Assembly session on Ukraine, UN chief calls for ‘restraint, reason and de-escalation’
The world is facing “a moment of peril,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a General Assembly session on Wednesday dedicated to the temporarily occupied...
UN pledges more support for internally displaced persons in DR Congo’s Ituri province
The United Nations will work together with the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as well as other partners, in ensuring security...
Development finance institutions must include in investments, ‘right to remedy’
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights launched on Wednesday a ground-breaking new report for development finance institutions to ensure that the projects they...
Israel-Palestine: No substitute for legitimate political process, UN envoy tells Security Council
The destabilizing deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continues in the absence of political solutions that would “reset the trajectory”, the...
Tension over Migration Awaits New President and New Constitution in Chile
SANTIAGO, Feb 23 (IPS) – The failure of Chile’s immigration policy, with its toll of deaths, xenophobic sentiments but also shows of solidarity, will...
Sugarcane Gas Opens New Horizons for Energy Agriculture – Video
NARANDIBA, Brazil, Feb 23 (IPS) – Nothing is wasted from sugarcane, one can conclude from the biomethane production process at the Cocal plant, a...
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