Why Experts are Saying Its a Make or Break Moment for Forests
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 28 2021 (IPS) – A new global report on forests says that while the COVID-19 pandemic is the latest threat to...
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Are There Clinically Meaningful Differences Between anti-COVID-19 Vaccines?
NEW JERSEY, USA, May 28 (IPS) – Despite claims by the industry and some politicians, there are no clinically meaningful differences among the variety...
Annual investments in nature-based solutions will have to triple by 2030, and increase four-fold by 2050, if the world is to successfully tackle the...
Only a political solution will end the “senseless and costly cycles of violence” between Israelis and Palestinians, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland said in...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought “a tsunami of suffering”, taken over 3.4 million lives and 500 million jobs, while wiping trillions of dollars from...
Up to 400,000 could be displaced by new Goma eruption in DR Congo, warns UNICEF
With fears that one of the world’s most active volcanoes could erupt again in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Children’s...
COVID-19 Widens Learning Gap For Girls In Rural Ghana
ACCRA, May 27 (IPS) – Seventeen-year-old Muniratu Adams, a form two student of the Jeyiri D/A Junior High School at Funsi in the Wa...
UN salutes ‘dedication and bravery’ of peacekeepers; recognizes contributions of youth toward peace
With a focus for this year’s International Day of UN Peacekeepers on youth, peace and security, the UN chief told a commemorative ceremony on...
Youth Demand Action on Nature, Following IUCNs First-Ever Global Youth Summit
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 2021 (IPS) – Following almost two weeks of talks on issues such as climate change, innovation, marine conservation and social...
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Thursday for a “genuine and inclusive peace process” to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and a repeat of...
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This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
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