Access to a new COVID-19 drug will be expanded in low- and middle-income countries following a voluntary licensing agreement between the pharmaceutical company Pfizer...
Ethiopia: Mass arbitrary arrests target Tigrayans, says UN rights office
Over the past week, mass arrests of people reportedly of Tigrayan origin have continued in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and elsewhere, the UN rights office said on...
BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 16 (IPS) – Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible...
Politicians Subsidise Fossil Fuel with Six Trillion Dollars in Just One Year
MADRID, Nov 16 (IPS) – It sounds incredible: while politicians have been cackling about the climate emergency and profiling in empty promises to halt...
The Squid Game: The Story about Losers in the Shadow of Glory
Seoul, Nov 16 (IPS) – Immediately after its release, the Squid Game went viral, grabbing the attention of the world’s entertainment stage. The grotesque...
‘Life as We Made It’ charts the past and future of genetic tinkering
Life as We Made ItBeth ShapiroBasic Books, $30 With genetic engineering, humans have recently unleashed a surreal fantasia: pigs that excrete less environment-polluting phosphorus,...
Distant rocky planets may have exotic chemical makeups that don’t resemble Earth’s
If a real Captain Kirk ever blasts off for other stars in search of rocky planets like ours, he may find lots of strange...
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Nov 16 (IPS) – Quickly enabling greater and more affordable production of and access to COVID-19 medical needs is urgently...
How Effective Communication can Help Boost Intra-African Trade
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 16 (IPS) – The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement promotes socio-economic growth and development in Africa through liberalised trade...
More than 45,000 boys and girls were released from detention during the COVID-19 pandemic, proving that child-friendly justice solutions “are more than possible”, according to new data released on...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
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