UN pledges more support for internally displaced persons in DR Congo’s Ituri province
The United Nations will work together with the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as well as other partners, in ensuring security...
Development finance institutions must include in investments, ‘right to remedy’
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights launched on Wednesday a ground-breaking new report for development finance institutions to ensure that the projects they...
Israel-Palestine: No substitute for legitimate political process, UN envoy tells Security Council
The destabilizing deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continues in the absence of political solutions that would “reset the trajectory”, the...
Tension over Migration Awaits New President and New Constitution in Chile
SANTIAGO, Feb 23 (IPS) – The failure of Chile’s immigration policy, with its toll of deaths, xenophobic sentiments but also shows of solidarity, will...
Sugarcane Gas Opens New Horizons for Energy Agriculture – Video
NARANDIBA, Brazil, Feb 23 (IPS) – Nothing is wasted from sugarcane, one can conclude from the biomethane production process at the Cocal plant, a...
Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the release of four members of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) who were...
Caring for The Old
PORTLAND, USA, Feb 23 (IPS) – With the unprecedented ageing of populations worldwide, countries are struggling with the critical questions of who should be...
A fast radio burst’s unlikely source may be a cluster of old stars
In a galaxy not so far away, astronomers have located a surprising source of a mysterious, rapid radio signal. The signal, a repeating fast...
The Age of Dinosaurs may have ended in springtime
About 66 million years ago, a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid slammed into Earth and not long afterward, all nonbird dinosaurs, as well as many other species...
Africa’s oldest human DNA helps unveil an ancient population shift
Ancient Africans in search of mates traded long-distance travels for regional connections starting about 20,000 years ago, an analysis of ancient and modern DNA...
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