A Future Horror and the Hope of the Present
MEXICO CITY, Jul 12 (IPS) – This is an alert message: if nothing stops the wave of violence in Mexico, by the end of...
Income-based Solutions Paramount for Addressing Food Insecurity Experts
Ottawa, Jul 12 (IPS) – Lisa Argiropulos, a single mother of two teenage sons and a resident of Ottawa, Ontario, has been facing food...
‘Virology’ ponders society’s relationship with viruses
VirologyJoseph OsmundsonW.W. Norton & Co., $16.95 As a journalist covering COVID-19, I’ve had a front-row seat to the pandemic. I’ve been overwhelmed with despair...
Aid for Power in New Cold War
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 12 (IPS) – Long a means for powerful nations to influence developing countries, development finance has gained renewed significance...
The World is Burning. We Need a Renewables Revolution
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (IPS) – The only true path to energy security, stable power prices, prosperity and a livable planet lies in abandoning...
World population to reach 8 billion this year, as growth rate slows
15 November 2022 is predicted to be the day that the global population reaches eight billion. The projection is revealed in the UN’s World...
Although the UN-brokered truce between the Yemeni Government and Houthi rebels continues to hold, the key issue of road openings remains outstanding, while the...
The values that we ascribe to nature are vital parts of our cultures, identities, economies, and ways of life, all of which should be...
Narrow Valuation of Nature is Widening Biodiversity Loss
Bulawayo, Jul 11 (IPS) – Nature has diverse values for different people, but it is poorly evaluated, and this is driving the global biodiversity...
Recalling Shinzo Abe with Respect
TOKYO, Jul 11 (IPS) – Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving Prime Minister of Japan, has died. It was a murder caused by a personal grudge...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now