After eons of isolation, these desert fish flub social cues
Getting out into society after a long isolation gets awkward. Ask the Pahrump poolfish, loners in a desert for some 10,000 years. This hold-in-your-hand-size...
Susan Milius
A protogalaxy in the Milky Way may be our galaxy’s original nucleus
The Milky Way left its “poor old heart” in and around the constellation Sagittarius, astronomers report. New data from the Gaia spacecraft reveal the...
Towards a More Secure Future Through Effective Multilateralism
STOCKHOLM, Sep 21 (IPS) – As world leaders gather in New York for the opening of the 77th session of the United Nations General...
Influential young changemakers recognized by UN
On Wednesday, the UN announced the 2022 cohort of Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals, recognizing their efforts to bring about a fairer...
Guatemalans Fight Extractive Industries
ASUNCIÓN MITA, Guatemala, Sep 21 (IPS) – The majority of the Guatemalan population continues to oppose mining and other extractive projects, in the midst...
Refugees Most Vulnerable in Ongoing Food Insecurity Crisis – UN
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) – Representatives from UN agencies and several countries called for more substantive action to support refugees and internally displaced...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kicked off the annual high-level debate of the United Nations General Assembly citing his nation’s achievements in addressing an array...
Women Heads of State and Government meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Tuesday have highlighted how...
The acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif, expressed alarm on Tuesday at the death in custody in Iran of a woman after...
The landmark agreement to export grain out of war-torn Ukraine is among the UN’s greatest accomplishments in recent decades, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
UN fact-finding mission on Iran focuses on plight of civilians 
Gender equality woefully off track, new UN report reveals 
World News in Brief: Winter aid for Gaza, West Bank; Haiti food production; migrant deaths at sea; human rights funding 
Yemen escalation displaces more than 57,000 children: UNICEF