Young people key to transforming world’s food systems
Young people are taking a leading role in shaping fair and equitable food systems around the world, senior UN officials affirmed on Tuesday during...
Brazil Relies on Rainfall that Depends on the Forests
RÃ�O DE JANEIRO, May 04 (IPS) – “Rainfall is fundamental; the streams and rivers we have would not suffice for irrigation, even if they...
Joy in South Sudan, as schools reopen after 14-month COVID lockdown
The countrywide reopening of schools in South Sudan is a welcome step on the road to “normalcy” for youngsters, two in three of whom...
UN forum examines how to make science and technology work better for all
Harnessing the full potential of science and technology for the benefit of all people, everywhere, is the focus of a two-day virtual meeting convened...
Refugee Children Explain How Education Helped Put Their Trauma Behind Them
May 04 (IPS) – Eighteen-year-old Chuol Nyakoach lives in the Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp in Gambella, Ethiopia. Chuol is grateful that despite the trauma she...
Here’s what breakthrough infections reveal about COVID-19 vaccines
As around 2 million people a day across the United States receive a dose of one of three COVID-19 vaccines, cases of the disease...
United Nations independent human rights experts, on Tuesday, called on Iranian authorities to immediately release a political activist, said to be at risk of...
The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday voiced deep alarm over the violence in the city of Cali in Colombia overnight, as...
A few simple tricks make fake news stories stick in the brain
Bad information isn’t new. Propagandists and scam artists have been selling their brand of proverbial snake oil for ages, all to bend people’s thinking...
2,500 years ago, the philosopher Anaxagoras brought science’s spirit to Athens
It doesn’t appear that anybody has noticed yet, but 2021 marks a rather important anniversary in the history of science and western civilization. It...
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