NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. For decades now,...
Culturally prized mountain goats may be vanishing from Indigenous land in Canada
For thousands of years, members of the Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation in Canada have prized the mountain goats that roam the craggy peaks of British...
Scientists are arguing over the identity of a fossilized 10-armed creature
An ancient cephalopod fossil may be about to rewrite octopus history, but it depends on who you ask. At the very least, it’s offering...
Inflation Targeting Constrains Development
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 08 (IPS) – All too many developing countries have been persuaded or required to prioritize inflation targeting (IT) in...
Veto is the Chief Culprit but Expulsion or Suspension is Not the Remedy
NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) – The ongoing war in Ukraine has raised the question of expulsion or suspension of the Russian Federation from...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Global Community Urged to Challenge Deep-Rooted Biases and Stereotypes about What Women Can Do
Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 08 (IPS) – The following feature is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. Teresa Lokichu recalls the...
A new image captures enormous gas rings encircling an aging red star
Huge rings of gas surround a large red star named V Hydrae, new images show, signaling its eventual transformation into a much smaller and...
First Person: Giving birth during the Ukraine crisis
Mariia Shostak, a 25-year-old woman living in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, started having contractions on 24 February, the day the Russian Federation launched a...
UN relief chief outlines immediate humanitarian priorities for Ukraine
Allowing civilians to safely leave areas under fire in Ukraine, and delivering desperately needed aid to these locations, are among immediate priorities for humanitarians,...
South Sudan marks milestone amid stalled progress, spreading violence
South Sudan’s unity government marked its two-year anniversary against a backdrop of stalled constitutional progress and ongoing cycles of community violence – often fuelled...
The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter 
Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo 
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks 
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes