And of Water We Made Every Living Thing
MADRID, Aug 22 (IPS) – This is how the Muslims’ Holy Book – the Quran refers to the most precious element of life. Read...
News stories have caught spiders in a web of misinformation
Even spiders, it seems, have fallen victim to misinformation. Media reports about people’s encounters with spiders tend to be full of falsehoods with a...
Not one, but two asteroids might have slain the dinosaurs
Chicxulub, the asteroid that wiped out most dinosaurs, might have had a little sibling. Off the coast of West Africa, hundreds of meters beneath...
Sea urchin skeletons’ splendid patterns may strengthen their structure
Sea urchin skeletons may owe some of their strength to a common geometric design. Components of the skeletons of common sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus)...
Millions Go Hungry– While Billions Worth of Food Go into Landfills
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (IPS) – The ominous warnings keep coming non-stop: some of the world’s developing nations, mostly in Africa and Asia, are...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows no sign of letting up, but the UN continues to bring humanitarian supplies to the country, including solar...
On Sunday, UN Secretary-General António paid tribute to victims of terrorism, marking the international day established to ensure that “victims and survivors are always...
UN chief ends Europe trip with visit to ‘vessels of hope’
Completing his trip to Europe on Saturday, UN chief António Guterres oversaw the departure of two ships involved in the Black Sea Grain Initiative,...
First person: Surviving a deadly hurricane in New York
As extreme weather events grow in intensity and frequency, nowhere is guaranteed to be safe from danger, as New Yorkers discovered on 1 September...
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths allocated on Friday, $5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to respond to humanitarian needs triggered...
WHO Announces New Ebola Vaccine Guidelines for the DRC 
Nepalese Experts, Victims Contemplate the Future After the Flood 
Africa’s Rangelands Are the Frontline of Resilience – COP17 Showed Why 
Was the ‘American cheetah’ a cheetah at all?