Give Edible Insects a Chance as an Alternative High-Quality Protein Source, say Scientists
Nairobi, May 06 (IPS) – Growing up in Samoya Village of Bungoma County in the Western part of Kenya, Elvis Wanjala has fond childhood...
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Civil Society Responds — as Health-Care Facilities in Ukraine Come Under Attack
GENEVA, May 06 (IPS) – The writer is UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director and is leading UNAIDS’ humanitarian response.Alongside the devastation caused by bombs and...
Nearly 15 million deaths directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19
Approximately 14.9 million deaths globally were directly or indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by the end 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) said...
New study outlines importance of gender for children caught up in conflict
The UN’s leading expert on issues facing children caught up in war, on Thursday released a new analysis on the importance of considering how...
Ethiopia: Essential aid reaches Tigray region, but more still needed
A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia this past weekend, the UN...
Champion of women’s right to manage land and forests wins top environment prize
A veteran Cameroonian activist working to preserve her country’s forests, and improve the lives of people who depend on them, is the latest winner...
7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises $6.5 billion
Humanitarian needs continue to rise in war-torn Ukraine where an estimated 7.7 million people are now internally displaced, UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths...
The Sun Illuminates the Nights of Rural Families in El Salvador
TEOTEPEQUE, El Salvador, May 05 (IPS) – After working on the family farm, Carlos Salama comes home and plugs his cell phone into a...
Ukraine: ‘Cycle of death, destruction’ must stop, UN chief tells Security Council
Briefing the Security Council on his shuttle diplomacy last week in Russia and Ukraine, Secretary-General António Guterres declared that he “did not mince words”...
In the fast-changing world of work, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) highlighted on Thursday just how important dialogue between workers and management is to the...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
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