Nobel Prizes and Donation Pledges
STOCKHOLM, Feb 11 (IPS) – While living and working in Paris I joined the Cercle Suédois, a social club founded in 1891, at a...
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Africa on track to control pandemic this year but vigilance is key: WHO
Africa is on track to control the COVID-19 pandemic this year if current trends continue, but vigilance will remain key, the head of the...
Teaching key to better ocean protection, says UNESCO chief
Education needs to be one of the key pillars for action by countries across the world to better protect the seas and oceans from...
Not a moment to lose, in race to meet Sustainable Development Goals: Guterres
The President of the UN General Assembly convened the first system-wide meeting on Thursday, dedicated to galvanizing action towards implementing the ground-breaking blueprint, known...
Humanitarians are continuing to support Madagascar in the wake of Cyclone Batsirai which hammered the island nation this past weekend, the UN said on...
Women living in Amazon River communities now have increased access to breast cancer screening along even its most remote banks, thanks to two new mammography units...
Storybook Apps Turn African Students Into Writers
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 10 (IPS) – Suwaiba Hassan published an engrossing story. She used online using digital; apps that are giving literacy a boost....
World Pulses Day empowers youth, for sustainable ‘agrifood’ systems
The UN marks World Pulses Day on Thursday, this year celebrating how these nutritious beans, grains and seeds, crucial to so many cuisines worldwide, can empower...
It Isnt Easy Being a Journalist in Kashmir
Feb 10 (IPS) – My name is Bisma Bhat and I am a journalist in Srinagar, Kashmir. I currently work as a features writer...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Feb 10 (IPS) – The global consensus about an international treaty on pandemic prevention is certainly a milestone towards the creation of...
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