Youth Icon’s Fight for Rights Among India’s Destitute
Lucknow, India, Apr 04 (IPS) – Pooja Shukla, 25, a socialist candidate, has lost her maiden elections to the provincial parliament in Uttar Pradesh...
Indian Agriculture Towards 2030
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 04 (IPS) – India began its journey as an independent nation in 1947 with fresh memory of the Bengal Famine of...
We can do better than what was ‘normal’ before the pandemic
It’s a weird time in the pandemic. COVID-19 cases are once again climbing in some parts of the United States, but still falling from...
Binary stars keep masquerading as black holes
As astronomy datasets grow larger, scientists are scouring them for black holes, hoping to better understand the exotic objects. But the drive to find...
Ukraine: Secretary-General calls for probe into Bucha killings
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a suburb...
First Person: A first in psychological aid, for Ukraine refugees in Poland
Many of the millions of refugees forced to leave Ukraine because of the Russian invasion are traumatized and need mental health support. In one...
First Person: Visions of hell, in Haiti
Samuel (not his real name) grew up near the Haitian Capital of Port-au-Prince, and has seen his childhood home descend into lawlessness and gang...
Commitment will be critical to the success of the two-month truce in Yemen that began on Saturday, the UN Special Envoy for the country,...
Interview: Slave trade reparations ‘essential’, 1619 Project founder tells UN News
New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, best know for the 1619 Project, which frames slavery as one of the core elements of the history...
At the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, Member States adopted a plan of action to tackle disinformation, at the request of Ukraine and with widespread...
Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo 
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks 
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes 
‘Warned but not protected’: Four in ten adults in England ignore heat alerts