Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ecosystems hard, according to a new report launched...
With the COVID-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, the region is at a heightened risk of...
Queen Elizabeth II: ‘Reassuring presence’ throughout decades of ‘sweeping change’
Secretary-General António Guterres expressed on Thursday, his deep sadness at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom...
A new report has revealed how projects supported by a UN trust fund for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel are helping victims...
UN meeting upholds need to remember and support victims of terrorism
Advancing the rights and needs of people whose lives have been upended by terrorism is the goal of a two-day meeting that opened at...
Large scale influx of weapons to conflict-affected zones raises ‘many concerns’: UN disarmament chief
A large-scale influx of weapons to conflict-affected zones raises many concerns, including the potential for diversion, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi...
DNA reveals donkeys were domesticated 7,000 years ago in East Africa
From pulling Mesopotamian war chariots to grinding grain in the Middle Ages, donkeys have carried civilization on their backs for centuries. DNA has now...
An AI can decode speech from brain activity with surprising accuracy
An artificial intelligence can decode words and sentences from brain activity with surprising — but still limited — accuracy. Using only a few seconds...
Human development falling behind in ninety per cent of countries: UN report
The latest flagship UN report on human development, released on Thursday, warns that multiple crises are halting progress on human development, which is going...
Climate Collapse Is Not Inevitable But Great Leap Needed
ROME, Sep 08 (IPS) – In 1972 the Club of Rome alerted the world to the harm human economic systems were doing to the...
Australia urges global cooperation on climate, AI checks and international law 
Yemen violence deepens concerns over child hunger crisis 
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