University Outreach Project Teaching Tissue Culture to Potato Farmers
Nairobi, Oct 11 (IPS) – World Food Day is celebrated on October 16, 2022, with the theme Leave NO ONE behind. During this week...
His Zest For Mandarins Soured, Pakistani Producer Turns To Mushrooms
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) – The zesty citrus whiff from the rows of trees boasting unripe kinnow (mandarins) freshens the autumn air in...
A glimpse inside a gecko’s hand won the 2022 Nikon Small World photo contest
Life is beautiful at all scales, from big to small. Sometimes that splendor is concealed beneath literal scales. A mesmerizing peek below the developing...
UAE President Mohamed Bin Zayed held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia
The president of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, held talks with the Russian President earlier today during...
Cooperative sperm outrun loners in the mating race
Even sperm gotta stick together. Bull sperm swim more effectively when in clusters, a new study shows, potentially offering insight into fertility in humans....
Development Banks Should Reform Their Lending Practices
GENEVA, Oct 11 (IPS) – In the last week of September, emerging market (EM) bond fund outflows hit $4.2 billion, according to JP Morgan,...
‘Investing in girls is investing in our common future’: UN chief
In marking the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday, the UN chief called the commemoration a celebration of the “lives...
For her political courage, compassion and decisive action in protecting people forced to flee, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, presented the...
Heatwaves already kill thousands of people every year and they risk overwhelming the world’s aid response, unless action is taken to mitigate climate change,...
Ukraine: Any threat to use nuclear weapons ‘should be universally condemned’
The door for a diplomatic solution to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine must be kept open, and any threat to use nuclear...
Abyei: Deadly drone strikes mark ‘new and concerning’ threat, UN peacekeeping chief warns 
World News in Brief: Korea tensions mount, UN demands answers over staff death in Yemen, Guterres in Spain, Nepal alert ahead of COP31 
Two new Ebola vaccines to join DR Congo clinical trial 
Children at risk as war zone attacks on water and sanitation more than triple