BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 14 (IPS) – Transport ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are meeting this week to consider a potentially transformational agenda...
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14 (IPS) – We are former UN officials with decades of combined experience supporting international civil society and governments to advance...
A new and disturbing high temperature record for the Arctic of 38 degrees Celsius, or just over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, was confirmed by the...
Cool Scheme to Reduce Food Waste in Nigeria
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Dec 14 (IPS) – Food spoilage forced smallholder farmers out of pocket and out of business – until an entrepreneur came up...
Greed-Driven Pandemic Still Killing Millions
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 14 (IPS) – Failure to vaccinate most in poor countries sustains the COVID-19 pandemic. Rich country greed and patent monopolies...
UNFPA: $835 million needed for ‘lifesaving’ reproductive healthcare in crisis settings
Life-saving sexual and reproductive health services are more vital than ever, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Monday, launching an $835 million appeal...
Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals – the judicial body that assumed the remaining work of the two UN war crimes...
The world must not forget the roughly one million Rohingya from Myanmar “forced to run for their lives from the military’s genocidal attack against...
The UN continues to take steps to address allegations of sexual misconduct by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) in the wake of...
A UN-backed initiative announced on Monday aims to ensure children with cancer living in low and middle-income countries have uninterrupted access to affordable, safe...
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