IOM scales up aid at EU-Belarus border, as migrant hypothermia deaths tick up
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners, are scaling up aid along the border between the European Union and Belarus, amid worsening winter weather, which is leading to rising deaths due...
Pakistan: Gender-Intentional Policy Can Make Agent Banking Work Better
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 29 (IPS) – Many women in Pakistan remain financially excluded. In 2020, only 7% of the female population had a formal...
High Global Fertiliser Prices Overshadow Malawis Farm Subsidy Programme
BLANTYRE, Malawi, Nov 29 (IPS) – Ellena Joseph, a small-scale maise farmer in Chiradzulu District in Southern Malawi, finished preparing her field early in...
Corals may store a surprising amount of microplastics in their skeletons
A surprising amount of plastic pollution in the ocean may wind up in a previously overlooked spot: the skeletons of living corals. Up to...
A sailor’s story captures the impact of rising serious fungal infections
Tyson Bottenus once captained an 80-foot schooner called the Aquidneck. He sailed tourists off the coast of Newport, R.I., discussing the area’s history and...
Still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron COVID variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta: WHO
Still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron COVID variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta: WHO
The World Health Organization published on Sunday an update on the science regarding the new coronavirus variant Omicron which is causing global concern and...
First Person: ‘Disability reminds us that there is no such thing as normal’
Eddie Ndopu, an award-winning disability activist from South Africa, and one of 17 United Nations advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals, lives with spinal...
Digital Child’s Play: protecting children from the impacts of AI
Artificial intelligence has been used in products targeting children for several years, but legislation protecting them from the potential impacts of the technology is...
9.4 million people are ‘living their worst nightmare’ in northern Ethiopia due to ongoing conflict
The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United...
UN Refugee Agency concerned about indigenous Venezuelans in Guyana
One meal a day, no shelter, and no drinking water are only some of the difficult living conditions that indigenous Warao families from Venezuela are facing in remote locations across Guyana, the UN...
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