Wetlands: ‘Unsung heroes’ of the climate crisis
For the first time, the United Nations on Wednesday celebrates World Wetlands Day, recognizing that these fragile ecosystems make a crucial contribution to biodiversity, climate mitigation, freshwater availability, and economic...
Damaged Natural Infrastructure Exacerbates Urban Flooding in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 02 (IPS) – People living in Jardim Pantanal, a low-income neighborhood on the east side of the Brazilian megalopolis of...
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Feb 02 (IPS) – Hidden in plain sight, the extreme hypocrisy of the U.S. position on NATO and Ukraine cries out...
Marking the first anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, the independent UN expert monitoring the country implored States on Tuesday to take more...
The UN human rights office OHCHR, has said it is very alarmed over the continued disappearance of six people who were abducted in the...
Guterres asks for immediate cessation of hostilities in Ethiopia
The United Nations’ Secretary-General on Tuesday made the “strongest possible appeal” for all parties in Ethiopia to immediately end the fighting in Tigray and other areas, in the spirit of...
Following a verdict in the case of the brutal murder of two its experts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) nearly five...
The launch of a possible intermediate-range ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) drew condemnation from UN Secretary-General António Guterres on...
Downstream from Del Rio
SEATTLE, USA, Feb 01 (IPS) – The specters of slave patrols and Ku Klux Klan night riders haunted the viral videos. They showed cowboy-hatted...
The past’s extreme ocean heat waves are now the new normal
Yesterday’s scorching ocean extremes are today’s new normal. A new analysis of surface ocean temperatures over the past 150 years reveals that in 2019,...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now