Investing in women’s empowerment yields major peace, prosperity dividend, Security Council hears
Investing in women’s economic empowerment yields enormous dividends for peace and prosperity, the head of UN Women told the Security Council on Tuesday, stressing...
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has praised European countries welcoming people fleeing the war in Ukraine, whose numbers now surpass two million. Read...
NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. For decades now,...
Culturally prized mountain goats may be vanishing from Indigenous land in Canada
For thousands of years, members of the Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation in Canada have prized the mountain goats that roam the craggy peaks of British...
Scientists are arguing over the identity of a fossilized 10-armed creature
An ancient cephalopod fossil may be about to rewrite octopus history, but it depends on who you ask. At the very least, it’s offering...
Inflation Targeting Constrains Development
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 08 (IPS) – All too many developing countries have been persuaded or required to prioritize inflation targeting (IT) in...
Veto is the Chief Culprit but Expulsion or Suspension is Not the Remedy
NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) – The ongoing war in Ukraine has raised the question of expulsion or suspension of the Russian Federation from...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Global Community Urged to Challenge Deep-Rooted Biases and Stereotypes about What Women Can Do
Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 08 (IPS) – The following feature is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. Teresa Lokichu recalls the...
A new image captures enormous gas rings encircling an aging red star
Huge rings of gas surround a large red star named V Hydrae, new images show, signaling its eventual transformation into a much smaller and...
First Person: Giving birth during the Ukraine crisis
Mariia Shostak, a 25-year-old woman living in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, started having contractions on 24 February, the day the Russian Federation launched 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