The World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum (WEIF 2022) closed in Dubai on Wednesday with participants adopting the ‘UAE Declaration’, which calls for greater collaboration, integration...
Ukraine war: Russia used cluster weapons at least 24 times, says UN’s Bachelet
Credible reports indicate that Russian armed forces have used cluster munitions in populated areas of Ukraine, at least two dozen times since they invaded...
The UN chief has called for $100 million each year in assessed contributions from Member States, to fund the world body’s peacebuilding activities, describing...
Ukraine: UNESCO’s response to children’s education needs
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 4 million people have fled the country – two million of them, are children....
A third of the world remains totally unvaccinated against COVID: Tedros
A third of the world’s population has yet to receive a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine, including a shocking 83 per cent of all...
New images reveal details of two bacteria’s molecular syringes
Some bacteria carry tiny syringes filled with chemicals that may thin out competitors or incapacitate predators. Now, researchers have gotten up-close views of these...
BERLIN, Mar 30 (IPS) – In a short period, the war in Ukraine has already had a major effect on the world economy. The...
Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday night condemned recent terrorist attacks in Israel that have claimed the lives of at least 11 Israeli citizens. Read the...
Ukrainian Women, Children Fleeing War Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
BRATISLAVA, Mar 30 (IPS) – States must do more to protect women and children fleeing war in Ukraine, rights groups have urged, amid growing...
New Seed Bank to Support Agriculture of the Future
PALMIRA, Colombia, Mar 30 (IPS) – As he points to a white shelf that holds bean seeds, Austrian biologist Peter Wenzl explains that one...
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