Mars’ buried ‘lake’ might just be layers of ice and rock
“Follow the water” has long been the mantra of scientists searching for life beyond Earth. After all, the only known cradle of life in...
Bill Gates joins the UAE climate change champions at the Abu Dhabi summit
Bill Gates, an American business magnate, and philanthropist joined the United Arab Emirates (UAE) climate change champions at a high-level Abu Dhabi event on...
Biomethane from Garbage: Turning a Climate Enemy into Clean Energy – VIDEO
FORTALEZA, Brazil, Oct 07 (IPS) – Garbage that has accumulated since 1991 in the two landfills in the municipality of Caucaia has become a...
Caribbean-American Artist Depicts Chosen Family
NEW YORK, Oct 07 (IPS) – For two months over the summer, Caribbean-American artist Delvin Lugo presented his first solo show in New York...
NEW YORK, Oct 07 (IPS) – By all accounts Israel is considered a democratic country, but a close look at its domestic political combustion...
The United Nations and partners on Thursday called for opening a “humanitarian corridor” in Haiti as armed gangs block access to the main fuel...
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Trade growth is expected to lose momentum in the second half of this year and remain subdued in 2023, as the global economy sustains...
Small Farmers in Peru Combat Machismo to Live Better Lives
CUZCO, Peru, Oct 06 (IPS) – “My father was very ‘machista’, he used to beat my mother… It was a very sad life,” said...
A metal ion bath may make fibers stronger than spider silk
Super strong artificial silk? That’s so metal. Giving revamped silkworm silk a metallic bath may make the strands both strong and stiff, scientists report...
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