For the first time, there’s a woman on every S&P 500 board. But they’re still in the minority
Women in the corporate boardroom have broken some big barriers this year.
SCIENTIFIC NEWS
How Slutty Vegan is growing during the pandemic
Becoming a vegan didn’t stop Pinky Cole’s cravings for fast food. When she got sick of not being able to find the vegan options...
Latin American Electric Utilities COVID-accelerated Evolution
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 17 (IPS) – Andrés Chambouleyron is Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute of the Americas and Managing Director at Berkeley Research GroupThe...
344 kidnapped Nigerian boys freed, says state official
Hundreds of schoolboys who were abducted last week in northwestern Nigeria have been freed, according to a state official.
Putin says if Russia wanted to kill Navalny, it would have ‘finished’ the job
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Thursday that opposition politician Alexey Navalny “is enjoying the support of the US special services,” adding that if Russian...
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Top 10 deadliest natural disasters in history
Here are the world’s most deadliest earthquakes, cyclones and floods.
THE HAGUE, Dec 17 (IPS) – When it comes to international environmental diplomacy, America has a chequered past. It stood at the forefront of...
Kashmir’s New Land Laws Could Impact Biodiversity
SRINAGAR, India, Dec 17 (IPS) – Walking in the middle of fields of delicately-scented purple saffron crocus flowers, 36-year-old Mubeen Yasin, a saffron farmer...
Ötzi the Iceman may have scaled ice-free Alps
Many Alpine summits may have been ice-free before about 5,900 years ago.
‘Connect the dots’ between street protests and global turmoil, urges Guterres 
DR Congo: Ebola responders under pressure as outbreak expands 
A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas atom 
Was van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ a flight of fancy or a real sky?