Palestine: Nutrition campaign targets pregnant and nursing women
To combat malnutrition and iron deficiency in Gaza and the West Bank, the World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday, launched a campaign to provide...
The qualities of fair play and solidarity that characterize the Olympics must shine throughout the games and beyond, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in...
Nepal Investing in Health Care but Equality of Access Lags
KATHMANDU, Feb 04 (IPS) – As the omicron wave of Covid-19 rose ominously in Nepal recently, to entice more people to get tested the...
NEW YORK, Feb 04 (IPS) – “Multiple overlapping crises are putting millions of girls at increased risk of female genital mutilation. “Countries already grappling...
Male elephant seals aim to get huge or die trying
If you’re a male northern elephant seal, your car-sized bulk is crucial to your genetic legacy, since only a fraction of the very largest...
‘Origin’ explores the controversial science of the first Americans
OriginJennifer RaffTwelve, $30 Scientific understanding of the peopling of the Americas is as unsettled as the Western Hemisphere once was. Skeletal remains, cultural artifacts...
Following an attack by United States Special Forces in northwestern Syria that culminated in the death of the leader of the ISIL terrorist network,...
Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have stepped up their presence in the area around a camp for displaced people in...
The triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution is worsening, the deputy UN chief told a new coordination meeting of the...
Ukraine conflict affecting children’s mental health: UNICEF
The grinding conflict in eastern Ukraine is increasingly affecting the mental health of boys and girls, causing nightmares, social isolation and panic attacks, the...
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak 
Less than 4 years from development goals deadline, progress shows what’s possible 
Sexual violence against civilians and POW’s in Ukraine widespread and ‘abhorrent’ 
‘Violence will only defer a problem’: UN Assembly President on trust, AI and lessons from the Rohingya crisis