Lifesaving assistance arrived for the beleaguered Tigray region of Ethiopia on Thursday as the first UN World Food Programme (WFP) plane carrying humanitarian workers touched down in the capital Mekelle. Read...
COVID-19: Africa ‘third wave’ not yet over, while vaccine inequity threatens all
Although new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed following an eight-week surge, this “small step forward” could be short-lived, the Regional Office of the...
The head of the UN food relief agency called on the world’s richest nations on Thursday to invest more in sustainable living, to feed...
Nearly half of the 1.7 million children worldwide living with HIV were not on treatment last year, the UN programme leading the global fight against...
Marsquakes reveal the Red Planet boasts a liquid core half its diameter
Mars has had its first CT scan, thanks to analyses of seismic waves picked up by NASA’s InSight lander. Diagnosis: The Red Planet’s core...
Rwandan Farmers Pin Hopes on New Tech to Tackle Food Losses
KIGALI, Rwanda, Jul 22 (IPS) – Rwanda is trying to reduce post-harvest loss by relying on new technologies to increase the amount of food...
Its Time To Reopen Primary Schools in India
Jul 22 (IPS) – “The government should open schools, even if it’s for an hour, to facilitate some student-teacher interaction. Most teachers feel that...
Pterosaurs may have been able to fly as soon as they hatched
Pterosaur hatchlings may have been able to fly right out of the shell — although the flight of those ancient baby reptiles might have...
The coronavirus cuts cells’ hairlike cilia, which may help it invade the lungs
A coronavirus infection can mow down the forests of hairlike cilia that coat our airways, destroying a crucial barrier to keeping the virus from...
NEW YORK, Jul 22 (IPS) – Professor Azza Karam is Secretary General, Religions for Peace UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes “our solidarity based...
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