‘We Have to Make Peace with Nature’: UN Deputy Chief meets inspiring young climate leaders in Indonesia
A portable solar generator in a black case, and an eggplant grown in organic soil, were among the diverse items that a group of...
UN migration agency and EU step up aid for 325,000 Yemenis in need
The UN migration agency IOM and the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid wing (ECHO), said on Monday that they are scaling up their efforts to...
The recent conclusion of the electoral process in Somalia offers a long-awaited opportunity to make progress on other urgent national priorities, the UN Special...
Illegal Immigration Dilemma
PORTLAND, USA, May 23 (IPS) – Illegal immigration in the 21st century poses a serious dilemma for the world. Governments in virtually every region...
Private Sector Needed as Addressing Education in Emergencies is Everyones Business
Davos, May 23 (IPS) – Against a backdrop of ongoing social changes, education is becoming increasingly important for success in life. But with disasters,...
Those Who Dare: Feminist Movements in Sudan, Lebanon & Syria
NEW DELHI, India, May 23 (IPS) – The year 2019 was not just a time before the world saw the global pandemic, but also...
Cuban Farmers Fight Land Degradation with Sustainable Management
HAVANA, May 23 (IPS) – Thorny bushes and barren soil made it look like a bad bet, but Cuban farmer José Antonio Sosa ignored...
‘Wandering’ salamanders glide like skydivers from the world’s tallest trees
In one of the tallest trees on Earth, a tan, mottled salamander ventures out on a fern growing high up on the trunk. Reaching...
These are the first plants grown in moon dirt
That’s one small stem for a plant, one giant leap for plant science. In a tiny, lab-grown garden, the first seeds ever sown in...
Pulsars may power cosmic rays with the highest-known energies in the universe
The windy and chaotic remains surrounding recently exploded stars may be launching the fastest particles in the universe. Highly magnetic neutron stars known as...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now