International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026
For millions of women around the world, violence is not a distant threat. It is a reality experienced in homes, communities, workplaces and increasingly,...
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Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects
Natufian hunter-gatherers may have shown their kids how to sculpt clay, sets of preserved fingerprints suggest.
FRANCE: ‘The Government Should Learn to Respect Its People, Listen to Them and Consult Them’
CIVICUS discusses France’s student protest movement with Aminata and Mariam Touré, two sisters involved in the protests. Aminata is a member of the Popular...
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint
ASSISI, Italy, November 11 (IPS) – Eight decades after atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world is confronting a new and potentially dangerous...
COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy
ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 11 (IPS) – Gabriel Sheunopa Manyangadze holds a placard reading “No nuclear spin, let renewables win” as a campaigner leads protesters...
This magic mushroom can kill
Researchers in Florida unearthed a “dark magic mushroom” that boasts a combination of hallucinogenic and poisonous traits.
Light is hard to block from every direction. This physicist found a way
Physicist Stefano Martiniani uses a computer algorithm to design new materials that could help advance light-based computers.
Egypt: Fact-checking site’s entire newsroom jailed as assault on press freedom widens
Six journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the Egyptian fact-checking website Matsadash remain in detention, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said...
Nearly 64,000 flee Nigeria for Niger where a humanitarian crisis is deepening
Violence in northern Nigeria is fueling a growing humanitarian crisis across the whole region: 64,000 have fled to neighbouring Niger and several hundred have...
Ebola: IOM urges wider surveillance beyond formal routes in DR Congo
Seventy-one confirmed Ebola cases have been detected along transit routes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since the outbreak began almost six...
When the rains fail: Preparing for drought in Central America 
‘Here, you can eat until you’re full’: Oleshky evacuees savour first proper meals in years 
COP31: National Oil Companies Must Lead Global Shift Away from Fossil Fuels, Says NRGI Expert 
COP31: Climate finance falls short as calls grow for polluters to pay