First Person: Learning a recipe for freedom in Nigeria
When Nigerian Blessing Ojukwu became pregnant after she was raped, her family disowned her. She was forced to live with her abuser, who continued to attack...
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Latin Americas Challenge of Financing Energy Recovery
MEXICO CITY, May 31 (IPS) – Hit by the pandemic’s socioeconomic and health impacts, Latin America is facing the challenge of financing an economic...
Slower Population Growth: The Goods and the Bads
NEW YORK, May 31 (IPS) – Results from the 2020 population censuses in the United States and China recently made headlines. But rather than...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, May 31 (IPS) – In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich...
Its Time to Reimagine Our Relationship with Nature
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, May 31 (IPS) – The writer is Global Campaign Lead, Food and Forests, Greenpeace International  : The following Oped is part...
“Ghost fishing” occurs when abandoned fishing gear dumped in the ocean traps and kills fish or other underwater life, and it is causing devastation...
UN chief calls for a global partnership to address COVID, climate change and achieve SDG’s
Speaking in a key international partnerships summit, António Guterres said that if governments embrace together the goals of phasing out coal, enhancing climate commitments,...
Colombia: UN rights chief calls for an end to all forms of violence in Cali
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet voiced her “deep concern” at recent events in the Colombian city of Cali that include...
Drones deliver blood to prevent maternal death in Botswana
Drones are providing life-saving care to women in remote parts of the southern African country, Botswana, who otherwise may die in childbirth, thanks to support from the United Nations. Read...
Australian biologist Sacha Dench has been nicknamed “the Human Swan”, in recognition of her record-breaking, 7,000 kilometre, paramotor (motorized paraglider) flight, tracking Bewick swans...
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