Diseases transmitted from animals to people in Africa have jumped 63 per cent in last decade, compared with the previous ten year period, according...
New administration in Colombia provides ‘tremendous opportunity’ to further peace
The international community should lend full support to the incoming administration in Colombia, which has a tremendous opportunity to speed up implementation of the...
Over 500,000 conflict-affected people in northeast Nigeria will be tossed “a lifeline,” thanks to a new UN humanitarian and development package, launched on Thursday....
The UN Secretary-General is appalled by the deadly missile attack on Thursday against the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine, that reportedly killed at...
Do gophers farm roots? It’s not as clear as viral articles claim
Pocket gophers certainly don’t qualify as card-carrying 4-H members, but the rodents might be farming roots in the open air of their moist, nutrient-rich...
The decision by a Philippines court to uphold the conviction of campaigning journalist Maria Ressa should be reassessed by the newly elected government, the UN...
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 (IPS) – In his opening address to the 2022 Ministerial meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on the UN’s Sustainable...
Drones To Help Fishers Avoid Border Conflicts on Lake Victoria
Nairobi, Jul 14 (IPS) – It is exactly two years since George Omuodo’s brutal confrontation with fishers from Uganda, an encounter that left him...
In the battle of human vs. water, ‘Water Always Wins’
Water Always WinsErica Gies Univ. of Chicago, $26 Humans have long tried to wrangle water. We’ve straightened once-meandering rivers for shipping purposes. We’ve constructed...
PM Modi to meet world leaders for First ‘I2U2’ Meet
At the first virtual summit of the new four-nation grouping, known as “I2U2,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with the presidents of the...
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