A Spectre is Haunting Europe — the Spectre of Ultra-Nationalism
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 10 (IPS) – During summer months there is a certain news drought. Nevertheless, this year social media has been crowded with...
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Guterres urges leaders to invest in peace as conflicts deepen
The UN Secretary-General appealed on Wednesday for world leaders to invest in peace as violence, division and conflict exacerbate suffering worldwide. Read the full...
UN and Partners Work to Stabilize Health and WASH Systems in Venezuela Following Deadly Earthquakes
UNITED NATIONS, September 9 (IPS) – Two months after devastating twin earthquakes struck northern and central Venezuela on June 24, the humanitarian community has...
Development Goals Falter as Civil Society Is Shut Out
BRUSSELS, Belgium / MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, September 9 (IPS) – When the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) ended in New York in...
AI may have solved one of math’s biggest puzzles, raising controversy
For decades, researchers wondered if the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe fluid flow, break down. OpenAI put thousands of agents on the question.
The shingles vaccine may protect the heart
Shingrix, the same vaccine that protects people from the blistering shingles rash, might also lower risk of heart disease.
Record number of attacks on education, global fund warns
While September traditionally marks the start of the school year across the northern hemisphere, a staggering 93 million children are not in class at...
Newfound fossils are spilling Denisovan secrets
Teeth and bone fragments unearthed in a cave in China, along with animal bones and stone tools, help paint a picture of Denisovan life.
Ships and seafarers increasingly caught in the crossfire of unrelated wars
The global shipping industry is facing a “genuinely unprecedented” convergence of maritime crises, with vessels and seafarers increasingly used as “leverage” in conflicts that...
How Saving Cattle in Zimbabwe is Saving Its Lions
BULAWAYO, September 9 (IPS) – A 12-year-old male lion slipped out of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park one winter morning and killed a 7-year-old boy...
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