As scientists continue to investigate the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries not to panic but to...
Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Friday that those with a disability were among the hardest hit by the pandemic. Read the full story,...
COP26: Convert climate ‘promises to action’, urge UN rights experts
Marking the 35th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, independent UN human rights experts on Friday issued an urgent call to...
Act to Save Children Living Precarious Lives in Cameroons Forgotten and Neglected Conflict
Yaound̩, Cameroon, Dec 03 (IPS) РEducation is under attack in Cameroon. As one of the most complex humanitarian crises in the world unfolds,...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Dec 03 (IPS) – In these times of COVIDisolation, social distance get on the nerves of several of us and the...
Tiny living machines called xenobots can create copies of themselves
Tiny “living machines” made of frog cells can replicate themselves, making copies that can then go on to do the same. This newly described...
Can psychedelics meet their potential for treating mental health disorders?
Kanu Caplash was lying on a futon in a medical center in Connecticut, wearing an eye mask and listening to music. But his mind...
BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 03 (IPS) – Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries in the developing world continue to grapple with basic...
BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 03 (IPS) – As the world observes the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, we honour the leadership of persons...
The international community has reached a “turning point” in pursuing justice for atrocities committed by the ISIL terrorist group in Iraq, the new head...
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