The Age of Discontent: What Drives the Rising Wave of World Protests?
NEW YORK, Dec 15 (IPS) – In recent years, the world has been shaken by protests. From the Arab Spring to the social uprisings...
Fundamental freedoms squeezed in Ukraine, Human Rights Council hears
The UN Human Rights Council heard on Wednesday that fundamental freedoms in Ukraine have been squeezed in Government-controlled areas, as well as across the...
COVID-19 leads to over 50 million more hungry people in Asia-Pacific
COVID-19 led to rising food insecurity for around 54 million people living in the vast Asia-Pacific region during 2020, according to a joint UN...
UN rights office urges Colombia to reform policing of protests
Colombia must urgently reform how it polices protests in the wake of demonstrations earlier this year in which several people were killed or injured,...
Youth at Forefront of Climate Change Action Will Make Biggest Impact
Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 15 (IPS) – On Gladys Habu’s birthday, she filmed a message to world leaders while standing waist-deep in the sea next...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has begun a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for migrants stranded in Yemen. The goal is to inoculate around 7,500 people at its...
Energy Inequality in Latin America Exacerbated by Pandemic, High Prices
MEXICO CITY, Dec 15 (IPS) – The effects of the covid-19 pandemic and high energy prices have had an impact on the consumption of...
Quantum physics requires imaginary numbers to explain reality
Imaginary numbers might seem like unicorns and goblins — interesting but irrelevant to reality. But for describing matter at its roots, imaginary numbers turn...
In 2021, COVID-19 vaccines were put to the test. Here’s what we learned
2021 was the year the COVID-19 vaccines had to prove their mettle. We started the year full of hope: With vaccines in hand in...
The Omicron variant is “probably” now present in most of the world’s countries and it would be a mistake to dismiss the COVID-19 strain...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now