Nepal Struggles to Preserve Its Indigenous Languages as Those Speaking Them Dwindle
KATMANDU, Feb 03 (IPS) – At last count Nepal had 129 spoken languages, but even as new ones are identified, others are becoming extinct....
NEWS
Myanmar Looks Back in Fear and Anger after Military Coup
YANGON, Myanmar, Feb 03 (IPS) – As night fell on Tuesday, the second day of the military coup in Myanmar, two familiar scenes were...
GENEVA, Feb 03 (IPS) – Saber Azam is a former United Nations official who served with UNHCR and DPKO in key positions in Europe,...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 03 (IPS) – Access to COVID-19 vaccines for many developing countries and most of their people will have to wait...
As Army Takes Over, Fear and Uncertainty Grip Myanmar Citizens
HYDERABAD, Feb 02 (IPS) – Yangon resident Ni Ni Aye walked to her office yesterday morning. A couple of hours before, the army had...
NEW YORK, Feb 02 (IPS) – Azza Karam is the Secretary General of Religions for Peace, and Professor of Religion and Development at the...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 02 (IPS) – “Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive”. Walter Scott’s lines, already...
Myanmar Coup Sends Chilling Message that Military wont Tolerate Dissent
BONN, Germany, Feb 01 (IPS) – Responding to reports this morning that Myanmar’s military has sized control of government in a coup on the...
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 01 (IPS) – A decade has passed since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war between the government and the...
A Grey Cloud Over Lebanon: Mental Health Burdens
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb 01 (IPS) – Humankind is no stranger to the destabilizing events of 2020. The state of the global economy and the...
Static electricity is a mystery, and scientists are all charged up 
A new documentary shows what growing up lion is really like 
Aid workers under fire as drones reshape warfare 
GAZA: ‘There Are No Standards to Tell You What to Do in Conditions like Gaza’