70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron: WHO
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency on Tuesday said that it was crucial that...
World Braille Day: Pandemic shows importance of information access for all
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how critical it is to ensure essential information is accessible to everyone, including people living with disabilities. On World...
Bangladesh: Fire rips through COVID treatment centre for Myanmar refugees
A devastating fire has ripped through a COVID-19 treatment centre for Myanmar refugees sheltering in Bangladesh, UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday. Read the full...
Here’s how spider geckos survive on Earth’s hottest landscape
A handful of small, nocturnal geckos have spilled their guts for science, revealing how the creatures get by in a part of Earth’s hottest...
UN chief ‘encouraged’ by first joint statement from key nuclear armed States
The Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed a joint statement issued on Monday by five nuclear armed States on the prevention of nuclear war and the avoidance...
Two stars’ close encounter may explain a cosmic flare that has barely faded
A newborn star whizzing past another stellar youngster triggered a cosmic flare-up that began nearly a century ago and is still going strong today,...
Ecstasy as Zimbabwe’s Small-holder Farmers Secure European Pineapple Market
Harare, Zimbabwe, Jan 04 (IPS) – In her wildest dreams, smallholder farmer Sarudzai Sithole never imagined that her pineapples could someday stock the produce...
The coronavirus may cause fat cells to miscommunicate, leading to diabetes
Nola Sullivan recently marked an inauspicious anniversary. A little more than a year ago, on November 16, 2020, the 57-year-old pharmacy technician from Kellogg,...
NEW YORK, Jan 04 (IPS) – The Corona-19 pandemic has had an unparalleled and relentless toll on the world in areas beyond health alone....
Journalists Who Faced Relentless, Targeted Attacks: 293 Imprisoned in 2021
NEW YORK, Jan 04 (IPS) – This past year, uncertainty blanketed our world. The COVID-19 pandemic, the rapidly advancing climate crisis, the pervasive nature...
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