NEW YORK, Jan 04 (IPS) – The Corona-19 pandemic has had an unparalleled and relentless toll on the world in areas beyond health alone....
Journalists Who Faced Relentless, Targeted Attacks: 293 Imprisoned in 2021
NEW YORK, Jan 04 (IPS) – This past year, uncertainty blanketed our world. The COVID-19 pandemic, the rapidly advancing climate crisis, the pervasive nature...
Arctic hunter-gatherers were advanced ironworkers more than 2,000 years ago
Hunter-gatherers who lived more than 2,000 years ago near the top of the world appear to have run ironworking operations as advanced as those...
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, regretted on Monday the Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s decision to step down. Read the full story, “Special Representative...
Once Tossed and Abused, Human Trafficking Survivor Finds Solace
Goa, India, Jan 03 (IPS) – For over two decades, Nina tossed around like a leaf in a storm. While a teenager, she was...
Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’ could have far-reaching climate effects
Africa’s “Great Green Wall” initiative is a proposed 8,000-kilometer line of trees meant to hold back the Sahara from expanding southward. New climate simulations...
Enceladus’ plumes might not come from an underground ocean
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus sprays water vapor into space. Scientists have thought that the plumes come from a deep subsurface ocean — but that...
AUSTRALIA, Jan 03 (IPS) – The new Yangtze River Protection Law (YRPL), which came into effect on March 1, 2021, is China’s first legislation...
The winner of this year’s Photography4Humanity prize is Indian photographer Apratim Pal, for his picture “A Thirsty Earth”, which captures both the environmental and...
First Person: The entrepreneur helping Middle Eastern women enter the digital economy
Mona Ataya, a Palestinian-Lebanese entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates, runs the largest online marketplace for mothers in the Middle East. In recognition...
Midwives: The Workforce That Will Determine Maternal and Newborn Survival and Africa’s Future 
Bridging Digital Transformation in an ASEAN-EAEU Cooperation 
As wildfires spread north, UN agencies race to help Europe adapt 
Central Park adapts to climate change while helping New York stay cool