Fast-spreading HIV variant doubles rate of immune system decline
Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and damaging variant of HIV, the Joint United Nations Programme...
More support needed for women and girls in super typhoon-ravaged Philippines
As the debris clears, the scale of destruction is laid bare. When Super Typhoon Rai – Odette as it’s known locally – barrelled down...
No Perfect Solution: Africas Smallholder Farmers Must Use Both Traditional and New Practices
Feb 07 (IPS) – As an agricultural and environmental scientist, I’ve worked for decades exploring the practical challenges that smallholder farmers encounter in East...
Long-haul SADC Action Needed to Counter Mozambican Insurgency and Humanitarian Crisis
Johannesburg, South Africa, Feb 07 (IPS) – Ongoing insecurity and an unfolding humanitarian crisis in northern Mozambique need a strategically planned response to deal...
Conversation with a Media Icon: Dr. Roberto Savio
ROME, Feb 07 (IPS) – The Inter Press Service co-founder is part of a vanishing breedWe are sitting in the heart of Rome, Via...
Spate of Water Projects in Mexico Ignore Impacts
MEXICO CITY, Feb 07 (IPS) – The Mexican government is prioritizing the construction and modernization of mega water projects, without considering their impacts and...
How we got from Gregor Mendel’s pea plants to modern genetics
The year was 1900. Three European botanists — one Dutch, one German and one Austrian — all reported results from breeding experiments in plants....
Earth may have 9,200 more tree species than previously thought
Trillions of trees are growing on Earth, though how many kinds there are has been underestimated, a new study finds. Earth hosts roughly 64,100...
Why being pregnant and unvaccinated against COVID-19 is a risky combo
Snow covered the storied field of Fenway Park in Boston when Kate Yohay, in the second trimester of her pregnancy, arrived. The ballpark had...
It is Time for a More Inclusive & Democratic UN
KIGALI/ BERLIN/ KUALA LUMPUR/ KINGSTON, Feb 07 (IPS) – The global challenges we face are too complex for governance as usual. It is high...
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