Turning waste to wealth: In Nairobi, UN deputy chief lauds youth-led development solutions
Kenya’s Nzambi Matee beams brightly, thrusting a brick forth to coincide with the click of the camera. It is no ordinary brick – the...
The World Health Organization (WHO), for the first time, included an oral antiviral drug in its COVID-19 treatment guidance. Read the full story, “UN...
Bachelet leads calls for ceasefire in Ukraine during urgent debate at UN rights council
Russia’s military attack on Ukraine has “opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet told...
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) called on Thursday, for Canada to fully address long-standing gender-based discrimination in its...
Ending pandemic, building resilience, key to sustainable development: UN deputy chief
Ending the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and building resilience against the next outbreak will be critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...
How Russia’s war in Ukraine hinders space research and exploration
Space exploration may seem like a faraway endeavor from Earth’s surface, but events on the ground ripple into space. The Russian war on Ukraine...
A hit of dopamine sends mice into dreamland
A quick surge of dopamine shifts mice into a dreamy stage of sleep. In the rodents’ brains, the chemical messenger triggers rapid-eye-movement sleep, or...
The “senseless war” in Ukraine has forced one million people to flee the country in just seven days, while countless others have been displaced...
For 50 years, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has offered the world a way forward “based on a vision for a better, healthier Earth...
Egypt Rushes to Find Alternative Wheat Suppliers following Russian Invasion of Ukraine
CAIRO, Mar 03 (IPS) – Egypt is scrambling to find alternate sources of wheat after the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put supply to...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now