Who gets to shape AI? UN debate centres on power, trust and inclusion
Artificial Intelligence or AI – and the technology behind it – is moving fast. The question being asked across the world is who gets...
Lebanon: one in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF
Four in five households in Lebanon struggle to afford basic necessities today, with children increasingly going without food, missing school and being pushed into...
Malaysia: UN agency urges safeguards after refugees returned to Myanmar
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has voiced concern over Malaysia’s decision to return 1,476 people to Myanmar amid an ongoing civil war and a...
A new map points out U.S. rivers most worth protecting
Scientists graded every river and stream in the contiguous United States, flagging specific repairs each one needs to support aquatic life.
New Ocean Report Warns of Rising Seas, Ocean Heat and Acidification
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, September 30 (IPS) – Fatuma Makame learned to farm seaweed in the shallow water where her parents worked. These days,...
UNGA81: UN Leaders Calls for Faster Action on Pandemic Preparedness
UNITED NATIONS, September 30 (IPS) – The United Nations High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on September 25 called for faster...
A Stronger Future for Coffee Starts Where It Is Grown
ROME, September 30 (IPS) – Imagine your morning coffee. You smell the aroma as steam rises from the cup. It wisps and swirls, thins,...
Exhaling may speed up reaction times
Scientists testing potential treatments for sleep apnea made an unexpected discovery. How quickly people react may depend on whether they’re breathing in or out.
World News in Brief: Deadly Myanmar strikes as Malaysia begins deportations, new emergency funding released, Gaza and West Bank update
The UN chief on Tuesday strongly condemned an airstrike that reportedly killed at least 50 people at a market in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and...
What Faith Can Teach Agriculture
NEW YORK, September 30 (IPS) – Years ago, standing in a small farmer’s field in Haiti, I began to suspect that we had agriculture...
WHO calls for urgent health action across the Eastern Mediterranean 
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery 
Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’ 
Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool