Ghanas Human Trafficking Scourge
Accra, May 10 (IPS) – “It feels like yesterday when I was deceived by one man who claimed to be a travelling agent. He...
Baby marmosets may practice their first distinctive cries in the womb
Cradled inside the hushed world of the womb, fetuses might be preparing to come out howling. In the same way newborn humans can cry...
Why it’s so hard for a one-hit wonder to have a lasting music career
It’s hard to predict which songs will become hits. It’s even more difficult to predict which artists topping today’s charts will go on to...
The sun’s searing radiation led to the shuffling of the solar system’s planets
In the solar system’s early years, the still-forming giant planets sidestepped, did a do-si-do and then swung one of their partners away from the...
Climate: World getting ‘measurably closer’ to 1.5-degree threshold
There is a 50:50 chance of average global temperature reaching 1.5 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years, and the likelihood...
Finance Drives World to Stagflation
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 (IPS) – The world is being pressed by financial interests to raise interest rates, ostensibly to check inflation....
NEW YORK, May 10 (IPS) – “Whatever the circle of hell in which we live, I think we are free to break out of...
The UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) welcomed on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres’ appointment of Jens Wandel as its ad interim chief. Read the full story,...
Guterres expresses solidarity as Moldova grapples with fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Moldova, the most fragile of war-torn Ukraine’s neighbors, needs and deserves massive support to match its generosity as a recipient of nearly half a...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate deadly armed group attacks in Djugu Territory,...
Guterres urges faster action and financing to stop biodiversity loss 
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Artemis II results show how much science people can do at the moon 
Ebola Spread Raises Fresh Urgency for Africa’s Domestic Health Funding