Guterres asks for immediate cessation of hostilities in Ethiopia
The United Nations’ Secretary-General on Tuesday made the “strongest possible appeal” for all parties in Ethiopia to immediately end the fighting in Tigray and other areas, in the spirit of...
The UN human rights office OHCHR, has said it is very alarmed over the continued disappearance of six people who were abducted in the...
Marking the first anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, the independent UN expert monitoring the country implored States on Tuesday to take more...
The past’s extreme ocean heat waves are now the new normal
Yesterday’s scorching ocean extremes are today’s new normal. A new analysis of surface ocean temperatures over the past 150 years reveals that in 2019,...
Extreme weather: ‘Megaflash’ lightning records certified by WMO
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has established two new world records for so-called megaflashes of lightning, in notorious hotspots in North and South America....
Healthcare waste from COVID threatens environment: WHO
Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the...
The Dilemma of Zimbabwes Food Security Efforts
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Feb 01 (IPS) – On January 10, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) arrested three men found with fertilizer worth about 130,000 US...
Earth has a second known ‘Trojan asteroid’ that shares its orbit
A recently found space rock is schlepping along with Earth around the sun. This “Trojan asteroid” is only the second one discovered that belongs...
A taste for wild cereal sowed farming’s spread in ancient Europe
People living along southeastern Europe’s Danube River around 11,500 years ago never planted a crop but still laid the foundation for the rise of...
BANGKOK, Thailand, Feb 01 (IPS) – One year since a democracy-suspending coup, press freedom is dying in Myanmar. A military campaign of intimidation, censorship,...
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