Ukraine war: Reports reveal women are stepping up, impact on education
The war in Ukraine is having a disproportionate impact on women and minorities, who are facing immense hardship when it comes to health, safety,...
Recognize ‘enormous challenges’ facing northern Nigeria to forge new hope, Guterres urges
The “enormous challenges” faced by the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, which include a continuing terrorist insurgency, need to be recognized by the international...
Journalists in Ukraine have been targeted and continue to face unprecedented dangers carrying out their work in the wake of the Russian invasion, top...
Better prevention and targeting of root causes needed to combat food crises
The number of people facing acute food insecurity, requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livelihood support, continues to grow at an alarming rate, according...
Ancient ‘smellscapes’ are wafting out of artifacts and old texts
Ramses VI faced a smelly challenge when he became Egypt’s king in 1145 B.C. The new pharaoh’s first job was to rid the land...
UN Continues Financial Ties with a Vilified Russia Isolated by the International Community
UNITED NATIONS, May 04 (IPS) – The Russian Federation, which invaded Ukraine last February killing scores of civilians and destroying entire cities, has been...
In Sri Lanka, Things Fall Apart
LONDON, May 04 (IPS) – When I ended last month’s column hoping that April would not prove to be hapless Sri Lanka’s ‘cruellest month’...
Breaking Taboos around Menstruation and Leaving No Girl Behind
Lake Chad, May 04 (IPS) – Fourteen-year-old Hadiza smiles as she clutches a purple bag in her hands. Inside the cloth bag is a...
Mariupol steel works convoy: UN aids arrivals after journey ‘from hell’
In Ukraine on Tuesday, UN humanitarians began to help the first evacuees arriving from Mariupol’s devastated Azovstal steel works, more than two months since...
Between 2010 and 2018, the rate of deforestation worlwide slowed by nearly 30 per cent compared to the previous ten years, according to a...
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