Fighting Corruption Essential to Reducing Inequality in Pacific Islands
CANBERRA, Australia, Feb 02 (IPS) – Corruption continues to have a crippling effect on the lives of many people in southwest Pacific Island countries,...
Genetically engineered immune cells have kept two people cancer-free for a decade
In 2010, two blood cancer patients received an experimental immunotherapy, and their cancers went into remission. Ten years later, the cancer-fighting immune cells used...
Vinegar eels can synchronize swim
Trapped within a bead of water, thousands of tiny worms wiggle in hypnotic synchrony as they stream around the globule’s rim. And at the...
A faulty immune response may be behind lingering brain trouble after COVID-19
A tussle with COVID-19 can leave people’s brains fuzzy. SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, doesn’t usually make it into the brain directly. But the...
Wetlands: ‘Unsung heroes’ of the climate crisis
For the first time, the United Nations on Wednesday celebrates World Wetlands Day, recognizing that these fragile ecosystems make a crucial contribution to biodiversity, climate mitigation, freshwater availability, and economic...
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Feb 02 (IPS) – Hidden in plain sight, the extreme hypocrisy of the U.S. position on NATO and Ukraine cries out...
Damaged Natural Infrastructure Exacerbates Urban Flooding in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 02 (IPS) – People living in Jardim Pantanal, a low-income neighborhood on the east side of the Brazilian megalopolis of...
The launch of a possible intermediate-range ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) drew condemnation from UN Secretary-General António Guterres on...
Following a verdict in the case of the brutal murder of two its experts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) nearly five...
The UN human rights office OHCHR, has said it is very alarmed over the continued disappearance of six people who were abducted in 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