Inequity in Funding: Africa’s Agripreneurs Pay a High Price for Start Up Finance
Nov 15 (IPS) – Africa has pinned its hopes on agriculture for the creation of jobs and the resulting reduction of poverty. But its...
Growing Digital Divide Threatens Recovery from Covid-19
LONDON, Nov 15 (IPS) – A growing digital divide is emerging as a major threat to a robust recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, according...
Scientists are racing to save the Last Ice Area, an Arctic Noah’s Ark
It started with polar bears. In 2012, polar bear DNA revealed that the iconic species had faced extinction before, likely during a warm period...
A new particle accelerator aims to unlock secrets of bizarre atomic nuclei
Inscribed on an Italian family’s 15th century coat of arms and decorating an ancient Japanese shrine, the Borromean rings are symbolically potent. Remove one...
Asian Staffers at UN Launch Network to Protect Rights & Fight Racism
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15 (IPS) – The United Nations, which consists of 193 member states, has long been accused of discrimination against staffers who...
In post-quake Haiti, rebuilding lives and welcoming new ones
Three months after a devastating earthquake struck the south-west of Haiti, a hospital that was largely destroyed has continued to give mothers and their...
Glasgow Summit Ends Amidst Climate of Disappointment
GLASGOW, Nov 14 (IPS) – Developing countries will surely remember the Glasgow climate summit, the most important since 2015, as a fiasco that left...
Climate action can be the driver for a green and equitable future for all, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said at the TED Countdown Summit, urging people everywhere to demand that leaders deliver...
After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, nearly 200 countries in Glasgow, Scotland, adopted on Saturday an outcome document that, according to...
Diabetes Equates the Rich and the Poor
NAIROBI, Nov 12 (IPS) – Although for different reasons, diabetes appears to be one of the few cases that put rich and poor societies...
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