Malawi Counts Success of Polio Vaccination Drive after Detecting First Case in 30 Years
Blantyre, Malawi, Apr 18 (IPS) – One polio case is one too many, global health experts say. Read the full story, “Malawi Counts Success...
Ukraine: Escaping Bucha
Bucha. Once a quiet dormitory town near Kyiv, it is now synonymous with the mass killing of civilians in the increasingly brutal war in...
Senior UN officials, including the Secretary-General, António Guterres, have expressed concern over a spate of violent incidents at the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem, an...
A World Food Program-backed initiative to deliver millet seeds to vulnerable people is taking root in Odisha, India, where it is helping to ward...
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15 (IPS) – The unprecedented flow of arms to Ukraine, and the rising miliary spending by European nations to strengthen their...
LONDON / JOHANNESBURG, Apr 15 (IPS) – Russia’s war in Ukraine has left many communities facing catastrophe. In a world already wracked by multiple...
Most bats don’t echolocate in broad daylight. Here’s an exception
Despite their excellent vision, one city-dwelling colony of fruit bats echolocates during broad daylight — completely contrary to what experts expected. A group of...
Mind the Darién Gap, braving the treacherous pathway to a better life
The Darién Gap, a dangerous route that links South and North America, has long been used by migrants trekking north to the United States,...
Yemen: ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ as first nationwide truce in six years continues
A UN brokered two-month renewable truce between the warring parties in Yemen is holding, Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Thursday,...
Coral reefs’ very survival is at stake, warns UNESCO in bid to boost resilience
The world’s best-known coral reefs could be extinct by the end of the century unless we do more to make them resilient to our...
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