A UN Power Monopoly That Cries Out for a Break
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 07 (IPS) – Will four strong contenders for permanent seats in the UN Security Council (UNSC)– Germany, India, Japan and Brazil—help...
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Choice and Opportunity for African Farmers Will Transform Africa
NAIROBI, Dec 07 (IPS) – A hungry man is not a free man. He cannot focus on anything else but securing his next meal....
Chain of Alaskan islands might really be one monster volcano
Six volcanic islands in the Aleutian archipelago may be linked together in one massive caldera hiding underwater.
Earth spent 500 million years creating and eating dead continents
For more than a billion years, Earth covered itself in new continents. New research shows that those continents were quickly swallowed up again but...
Nazi ‘Enigma’ machine found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea
Divers trying to remove old fishing nets from the Baltic sea have accidentally stumbled on a Nazi code-making “Enigma” machine.
China claims fastest quantum computer in the world
“Jiuzhang” would be the most powerful quantum computer in the world, capable of performing some tasks 100 trillion times faster than the world’s fastest...
Toasty November means 2020 might nudge out 2016 as hottest year on record
Last month was even hotter than previous record-breaking Novembers.
Rare 9-armed octopus found off Japan coast 
Elaborate Viking ship burial may have held a king or queen
Archaeologists have uncovered a 62-foot-long (19 meters) Viking ship that dates back more than 1,000 years and likely held remains of a king or...
Mystery illness sickens more than 300 in India 
Global food supply has become ‘collateral damage’ in conflicts: Secretary-General 
Security Council LIVE: Civilian suffering grows in Russia-Ukraine war 
Two UN peacekeepers killed in South Sudan ambush 
The Plastics Treaty Process Needs Greatly Improved Observer Participation at this Critical Point in the Negotiations and Beyond