This hieroglyph is the oldest known record of the Maya calendar
Buried within the Las Pinturas pyramid in San Bartolo, Guatemala, thousands of painted plaster mural fragments offer a window into ancient Maya civilization. Two...
This is the biggest known comet in our solar system
The nucleus of a comet discovered in 2014 is the largest ever spotted. The “dirty snowball” at the center of comet C/2014 UN271 is...
Eastern Africa: Millions displaced, amid growing hunger, ‘unprecedented needs’
Millions of displaced families across eastern Africa will fall deeper into hunger as food rations dwindle due to humanitarian resources being stretched to the...
Kenyas Ticking Bomb as Unemployed Youth Lured into Traffickers Dens
Nairobi, Kenya, Apr 13 (IPS) – Ahmed Bakari’s ill-fated journey to ‘greener pastures’ started with a social media private message from a stranger back...
Food Systems Should Deliver Benefits in terms of Climate, Health and Society
CAPETOWN, South Africa, Apr 13 (IPS) – Which country do you think best recognises the potential for changes to food systems to reduce emissions?...
Unintended Pregnancy Rates Highest in Africa: a Look at the Complex Reasons
Apr 13 (IPS) – The United Nations Population Fund recently released the 2022 State of World Population report. It highlights that almost half of...
Commonwealth Climate Finance Hub to Boost Belizes Delivery of Climate Change Projects
Kingston, Apr 13 (IPS) – In September 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK-based Commonwealth Secretariat announced that it had dispatched...
How ancient, recurring climate changes may have shaped human evolution
Recurring climate changes may have orchestrated where Homo species lived over the last 2 million years and how humankind evolved. Ups and downs in...
Ukraine conflict putting global trade recovery at risk: WTO
The war in Ukraine has created immense human suffering but it is also putting the fragile recovery of global trade at risk, and the...
The threat of famine is very real in Somalia and South Sudan and urgent action is needed now to avoid a catastrophe, UN humanitarians...
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