Democracy Loses Its Glow for South Africans Amid Persistent Inequality
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, Apr 27 (IPS) – South Africans believed that the introduction of democracy in 1994 would transform their lives for the better...
Digital Mentorship: The Key to Womens Labour Force Participation in India?
BENGALURU, India, Apr 27 (IPS) – Today, approximately 19 million young women are accessing post-secondary or tertiary education in India. Yet, such education has...
Boosting Food Security and Education in Schools in Brazil
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Big Business Depletes Nature, Big Business Supplants Naturewith Synthetic Food
MADRID, Apr 27 (IPS) – In case you were not aware, please know that humanity used to cultivate more than 6.000 plant species for...
50 years ago, scientists were seeking the cause of psoriasis
Cyclic AMP and psoriasis — Science News, April 29, 1972 [A team of dermatologists] discovered that cyclic AMP levels in psoriasis lesions are significantly...
Leonardo da Vinci’s rule for how trees branch was close, but wrong
Leonardo da Vinci was wrong about trees. The multitalented, Renaissance genius wrote down his “rule of trees” over 500 years ago. It described the...
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Apr 27 (IPS) – Lebanon is perpetually at a crossroads, one where local, regional, and international interests seem to play against each...
Antibiotics diminish babies’ immune response to key vaccines
Taking antibiotics in the first two years of life can prevent babies from developing a robust immune response to certain vaccines. The new finding...
All countries should be aware that their development is at stake unless they take better care of a common but precious resource, found on...
Human activity and behaviour is contributing to an increasing number of disasters across the world, putting millions of lives in danger, together with a...
‘Make or bake time’: Guterres urges climate justice pact as leaders gather at COP31 
Lebanon: After 48 years patrolling the Blue Line, UN peacekeepers prepare exit 
Hotter World, Older Population: How Long Can Climate COPs Ignore the Obvious? 
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026