The UN human rights chief on Monday said the apparent widespread use of Pegasus spy software to illegally undermine the rights of those under surveillance, including journalists and...
Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study has revealed. Read the full story, “Domestic violence, forced marriage,...
Fewer women than men will regain work during COVID-19 recovery: ILO
Fewer women will regain jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during the recovery period, than men, according to a new study released on Monday by the UN’s labour agency. Read...
Pikas survive winter using a slower metabolism and, at times, yak poop
Winter on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is unfriendly to pikas. Temperatures across the barren, windy highlands routinely dip below –30° Celsius, and the grass that...
MEXICO CITY, Jul 19 (IPS) – In June, the Department of Homeland Security made a critical announcement. For the first time in U.S. history,...
Why is the UK Government Turning off the Tap During a Global Pandemic?
BRIGHTON, UK, Jul 19 (IPS) – The UK government’s decision to reduce its Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget from 0.7% of gross national income...
Attacks against so-called slaves in Mali are on the rise and authorities must do more to prevent them, two independent UN human rights experts said...
Human rights defenders in Myanmar are being targeted under a “brute force terror campaign” by the military junta, United Nations independent experts said on...
The latest picture of a black hole captures Centaurus A’s massive jets
The Event Horizon Telescope is expanding its portfolio of black hole images. In 2019, the telescope unveiled the first image of a black hole,...
Climate change may be leading to overcounts of endangered bonobos
Climate change is interfering with how researchers count bonobos, possibly leading to gross overestimates of the endangered apes, a new study suggests. Like other...
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