Horn of Africa braces for ‘explosion of child deaths’ as hunger crisis deepens
An “explosion of child deaths” is likely and imminent in the Horn of Africa unless the international community takes immediate action to prevent a new...
What If a Patient Unplugged the Oxygen Tube That Keeps Them Alive?
MADRID, Jun 07 (IPS) – Imagine a patient connected to a vital oxygen device to keep him or her breathing, thus alive. Then, imagine...
Meaningful Dialogue Amplifies Youth Issues
Johannesburg, Jun 07 (IPS) – Young people are often the first to rebuild their communities. However, youths’ diverse challenges cannot be addressed without meaningful...
Cities in Brazil Reap Floods after Hiding Their Rivers Underground
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 07 (IPS) – Acaba Mundo has fallen into oblivion, despite its apocalyptic name – which roughly translates as World’s End...
Global Community Urged Not to Relent in Final Push to Eliminate Leprosy
Nairobi, Jun 07 (IPS) – leWhen Yohei Sasakawa visited a remote village in South America, he found 23 people living there. It was no...
How mammals took over the world
The Rise and Reign of the MammalsSteve BrusatteMariner Books, $29.99 In my opinion, the most satisfying science documentary TV series ever made was a...
Ancient zircons offer insights into earthquakes of the past
Earthquakes have rocked the planet for eons. Studying the quakes of old could help scientists better understand modern tremors, but tools to do such...
US Leads Sanctions Killing Millions to No End
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Jun 07 (IPS) – Food crises, economic stagnation and price increases are worsening unevenly, almost everywhere, following the Ukraine war....
The annual UN Climate Change Conference in the German city of Bonn began on Monday, designed to lay the groundwork for a successful COP27,...
Young people are “disproportionately viewed as the primary perpetrators of crime”, despite often being the most vulnerable, the UN General Assembly President told a...
UN aims to raise nearly $50 million for Nepal flood response 
West Bank: UN rights report warns of forcible displacement from three refugee camps 
UN tells the world: Stop making Africa look small 
Repeated attacks on humanitarian warehouses put vital medical aid at risk in Ukraine: WHO