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...
Invasive jorō spiders get huge and flashy — if they’re female
Some thumbnail-sized, brown male spiders in Georgia could be miffed if they paid the least attention to humans and our news obsessions. Recent stories...
How scientists found an African bat lost to science for 40 years
Julius Nziza still remembers the moment vividly. Just before dawn on a chilly January morning in 2019, he and his team gently extracted a...
UN Dubai Forum: Women entrepreneurs call for greater access to financing
The second full day of the World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum (WEIF 2022) on Tuesday, saw women entrepreneurs demanding better opportunities and better access to...
COVID-19: Education risks becoming ‘greatest divider’
Now entering its third year, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to hold back some 405 million school children worlwide from a full return to...
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