Hiroshima fosters hope, 81 years on from nuclear catastrophe
Eighty-one years ago on Thursday, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, reducing the city to ruins, killing tens of thousands of...
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The Year of Pastoralists Must Be More Than Symbolic
WASHINGTON DC, August 6 (IPS) – This is supposed to be the year the world finally sees and recognizes pastoralists. The United Nations has...
Last of US troops exit Afghanistan as Taliban celebrates with gunfire at Kabul airport
Celebratory gunfire in Kabul by Taliban coincided with exit of last of US troops from Afghanistan, putting an end to twenty year long war...
US Intercepts Missile Attacks In Afghanistan Before Withdrawal Deadline
As American efforts to evacuate troops and citizens from Afghanistan reaches a point of completion, US anti-missile defences are already at work defending attacks....
Supporters of Peru’s competing presidential candidates take to roads amid election frenzy
Peru’s competing presidential candidates rightwinger Keiko Fujimori and socialist Pedro Castillo have resorted to the streets after the closely contested 6 June election
Apple has announced a swathe of upgrades for its tablet, phone and computer operating systems that could change the way millions of people’s data...
Diamond holds up at pressures more than five times those in Earth’s core
Diamond stands up to a squeeze. Surprisingly, the material’s structure persists even when compressed to 2 trillion pascals, more than five times the pressure...
Chemists are reimagining recycling to keep plastics out of landfills
It feels good to recycle. There’s a certain sense of accomplishment that comes from dutifully sorting soda bottles, plastic bags and yogurt cups from...
Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine is effective, but less so with some variants
A COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax is about 89 percent effective against illness, but doesn’t protect as well against a virus variant that arose...
Humanlike thumb dexterity may date back as far as 2 million years ago
Thumb dexterity similar to that of people today already existed around 2 million years ago, possibly in some of the earliest members of our...
Global food supply has become ‘collateral damage’ in conflicts: Secretary-General 
Security Council LIVE: Civilian suffering grows in Russia-Ukraine war 
Two UN peacekeepers killed in South Sudan ambush 
The Plastics Treaty Process Needs Greatly Improved Observer Participation at this Critical Point in the Negotiations and Beyond