Amid reports of dwindling food supplies in embattled areas in Ukraine, the World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday began ramping up operations, warning that...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Women Lighting the Way in Off-Grid Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe, Mar 04 (IPS) – Electricity transmission lines run through Chiedza Murindo’s home in Murombedzi, a small town in Zvimba district in Mashonaland...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Women in Science Are They Still Hidden Figures?
BONN, Mar 04 (IPS) – Again we commemorate International Women’s Day – it is March, 8. We want to celebrate women’s achievements and raise...
Miles Law and the War in Ukraine<br>Where you stand depends on where you sit
ROME, Mar 04 (IPS) – This aphorism which dates back to the late 1940s points out that one’s position on issues (where you stand)...
After Russian forces took control overnight of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in south-eastern Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief said...
UNs Political Hypocrisy– as Multi-Million Dollar Purchases Continue from a Blacklisted Russia
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 04 (IPS) – The world’s financial institutions, primarily in the US and Europe, have cut off links and economically ostracized Russia...
BERLIN, Mar 04 (IPS) – The writer is is Senior Fellow, Hertie School, Berlin and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Governance, Washington DC.The...
Some E. coli set off viral grenades inside nearby bacteria
Some bacteria can trigger unexploded viral grenades in neighboring bacteria’s DNA. Certain Escherichia coli bacteria, including some that live in human intestines, make a...
Astronomers may not have found a sign of the universe’s first stars after all
A new study casts a haze over a hint of the universe’s first glimmers of starlight. In 2018, researchers claimed that a subtle signature...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>War, Autocrats and Fossil Fuels Women on the Front Line
TORONTO, Canada, Mar 04 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. For decades women’s...
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