Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’
The Security Council will hear the latest developments in Libya on Wednesday as it takes stock of the current situation as the country grapples...
Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool
A new AI-powered hub for health professionals aims to help identify alcohol-related risks and launch discussions with patients, including the link between drinking and...
DR Congo: Cholera cases spike amid fight against Ebola
The cholera epidemic continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where more than 125,000 suspected cases and 3,644 suspected deaths were...
World News in Brief: Gaza braces for winter amid attacks, joint patrols in CAR, 90 cities commit to sustainable development
The UN and its partners are stepping up preparations in Gaza for the approaching cold and rainy season, even as attacks affecting civilians continue,...
Colombia: UN independent experts call for Ecopetrol to provide reparations to victims of armed conflict
UN independent experts welcomed on Wednesday a recent landmark corporate accountability ruling involving the Ecopetrol oil company by Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace, calling...
Haiti sanctions renewed: Starving the gangs of bullets
Haiti is living through one of the world’s most acute security crises. Armed gangs control large parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and are pushing...
Crisis and Opportunity at the UN
LONDON, October 14 (IPS) – At this year’s highest-profile UN event, Donald Trump publicly mused over his ‘big decision’ about whether to ‘annihilate’ Iran....
Can math stay human in the age of AI?
As AI churns out mathematical proofs, a DeepMind study raises a bigger question: What do we lose when we focus only on the answers?
World Lost More Than 7 Million Hectares of Forest in 2025
BERLIN, Germany/WASHINGTON, D.C., USA , October 14 (IPS) – The world lost more than 7 million hectares of forest to deforestation in 2025, a...
Tiny implants can use the body itself to talk to each other
Researchers made a rat’s front-leg movement trigger its back leg. The experiment could point to a new kind of body-based network to connect implants.
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