7-million-year-old limb fossils may be from the earliest known hominid
In 2001, researchers unearthed a partial fossil leg bone and two forearm bones in the central African nation of Chad. Those fossils come from...
50 years ago, genes eluded electron microscopes
Visualizing Genes: The Possible Dream – Science News, September 2, 1972 Molecular biologists can now visualize the larger structures of the cell, such as the...
The UAE provides urgent humanitarian aid to Sudan
The President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered the provision of AED 25 million...
Braving mines and missiles to bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced population
Six months after the Russian invasion, Ukraine is the scene of the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since the Second World War. Almost a...
STOCKHOLM, Aug 24 (IPS) – When I was a child, a friend asked me: “How would you describe a tree to someone who has...
Agreement is urgently needed to reestablish the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine as purely civilian infrastructure and prevent a potentially “catastrophic” disaster...
Celebrating 30 Years of Shared Water
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 23 (IPS) – We tend to associate rivers and lakes with the countries in which they are located. Yet a little-known...
Ukraine prisoner of war trials in Mariupol could be a war crime: OHCHR
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) expressed concern on Tuesday after photos and videos released on social media appeared to show metal cages being built in...
Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR,...
UN fund reports ‘solid results’ empowering girls and boys in crises with opportunity of quality education
On Tuesday, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, issued its Annual Results Report, which...
African Rights Advocates Coordinate Response to Family Law Backlash 
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Rising Trade Values Mask the True Cost of Global Supply Chain Disruptions 
Why Dhaka Floods Every Monsoon