The number of musk deer in Mongolia has plummeted by some 83 per cent since the 1970s, landing them on the country’s red list...
The children of families who were affected by the massive earthquake which devastated large parts of south-west Haiti in August this year are receiving...
Nadya Zafira, an international relations student at Indonesia’s Gadjah Mada University, won a writing competition for her letter to UN chief António Guterres, in...
Afghanistan’s farmers, herders desperate for seed, food and cash
“Catastrophic and famine-like conditions” hang over Afghanistan’s farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on...
Worsening drought affects 2.3 million people in Somalia
With about 2.3 million people already suffering with serious water, food and pasture shortages in Somalia, a rapidly worsening drought could lead to an “extreme situation” by April next...
Despite COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, some 650,000 women and girls were provided with gender-based violence services through a joint UN and European Union (EU)...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to keep their promise to leave no one behind and deliver health and sanitation to all. Read the full story, “Safe sanitation for...
Time Honoured Food Traditions, Pleasing for Palate and Planet
KARACHI, Nov 19 (IPS) – Balance is the absolute key, if you ask Alia Chughtai, a journalist who started a catering service with filmmaker...
‘The Brutal Death of a Child’s Dream’
MADRID, Nov 19 (IPS) – Kailash Satyarthi,? an Indian social reformer and co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala Yousafzai, spoke...
How climate change may shape the world in the centuries to come
It’s hard to imagine what Earth might look like in 2500. But a collaboration between science and art is offering an unsettling window into...
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