UN Secretary‑General António Guterres announced on Friday, that Catherine Russell of the United States will become the next Executive Director of the UN Children’s...
Rights experts appeal for greater civil society protections, amid rising repression
Greater protection is needed for civil society representatives who are increasingly being targeted in repressive and life-threatening environments, UN and regional human rights experts...
UN raises alarm over ‘continuing’ expulsions of asylum seekers from Libya
Asylum-seekers and other migrants continue to be forcefully expelled from Libya, raising concerns at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
SANTIAGO, Dec 10 (IPS) – Camps made up of thousands of tents and shacks have mushroomed in Chile due to the failure of housing...
A flare-up in intercommunal fighting in northern Cameroon has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and brought a halt to...
Great Mining Migration: Power-Hungry Bitcoin Leaves China
LONDON, Dec 10 (IPS) – On 14 April this year, the price of a single Bitcoin reached a then all-time-high of around US$64,870. Just...
Safia Niaz and Zakia Soman: Bonded to Change the Trajectory of Muslim Women in India
NEW DELHI, India, Dec 10 (IPS) – Discriminated in society and concerned about the discrimination of women in their homes, the two women who...
Ingenuity is still flying on Mars. Here’s what the helicopter is up to
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter was never supposed to last this long. NASA engineers built and tested the first self-powered aircraft to fly on another...
For 50 years, CT scans have saved lives, revealed beauty and more
One grainy, gray-scale image of a brain changed science and medicine forever. Half a century ago, the first CT image of a patient lifted...
LIMA, Dec 10 (IPS) – Mariela Jara interviews GLADYS ACOSTA, Chair of the CEDAW Committee. This article is part of IPS coverage of the...
Türkiye’s changes to child detention ‘raise serious human rights concerns’ 
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