Inconsistent Laws Perpetuate Unsafe Online Spaces for Children & Young People
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 08 (IPS) – The internet and digital technology have allowed children and young people to connect, exchange knowledge and information, and truly...
Deep-sea Arctic sponges feed on fossilized organisms to survive
In the cold, dark depths of the Arctic Ocean, a feast of the dead is under way. A vast community of sponges, the densest...
Military towns are the most racially integrated places in the U.S. Here’s why
Amber Williams and her husband bought their first house in 2008 for $80,000 in the small military city of Killeen, Texas. “I wanted to...
The quantum ‘boomerang’ effect has been seen for the first time
Some quantum particles gotta get right back to where they started from. Physicists have confirmed a theoretically predicted phenomenon called the quantum boomerang effect....
People’s sense of safety and security is at a low in almost every country, with six in seven worldwide plagued by feelings of insecurity,...
Resist Inflation Phobia Coup
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 08 (IPS) – Calls, even screams, to fight inflation above all else are getting shriller. Thankfully, even The Economist...
Security Council sanctions: from blunt instrument to vital tool
United Nations Security Council sanctions are no longer the “blunt instrument” they once were, having transformed since the 1990s into “a vital tool” that minimizes negative...
Spending on social protection rose nearly 270% with pandemic
The 60th session of the Commission for Social Development kicked off on Monday, in a virtual format, with appeals to make COVID-19 a turning point for humanity, and a focus on making social protection systems universally available. Read...
Looking to the Future: Chinas Priorities for Food Security in 2022 and Beyond
AUSTRALIA, Feb 07 (IPS) – Safeguarding food security has long been a critical priority for the Chinese central government. President Xi’s latest comments and...
Madagascar: Cyclone Batsirai leaves at least 10 dead, thousands displaced
Tropical Cyclone Batsirai wrought havoc across Madagascar over the weekend, the second deadly storm to batter the African island nation since the beginning of...
Hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty: Türk 
UN condemns deadly wave of drone strikes in war-torn Sudan 
Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’ 
‘Season of fear’: Escalating Israeli attacks on West Bank olive farmers, deadly strikes on Gaza