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...
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Mar 03 (IPS) – Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the first woman president of Mauritius is a renowned biodiversity scientist The following...
Women Bear the Brunt of Post-COVID Employment Woes in Latin America
LIMA, Mar 03 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic did not hit everyone equally and employment has shown a clear gender-differentiated impact. Two years after...
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