FRANCE: Translating a Harlem Renaissance Writer
PARIS, Nov 02 (IPS) – Claude McKay is having something of a rebirth in France, thanks to independent publishers and to translators such as...
Obtaining Water, a Daily Battle in Argentina’s El Impenetrable Region
GENERAL GÃœEMES, Argentina, Nov 02 (IPS) – Next to the brick or adobe houses of El Impenetrable, a wild area of forest and grasslands...
Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on...
COP26: More than 100 countries commit to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030
A pivotal pledge to save and restore our planet’s forests was officially announced on the second day of the COP26 World Leaders Summit, and...
COP26: The Many Links Between Food Systems & Climate Change: Message to Glasgow
TORONTO, Canada, Nov 02 (IPS) – Unless food systems transformation is put at the center of climate action, commitments governments have already made, and...
A rush to watch a supernova exposed its last gasp before exploding
A mad scramble to observe the moments after a star’s death is helping scientists understand how the star lived out its last year. Astronomers...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 02 (IPS) – Current climate mitigation plans will result in a catastrophic 2.7°C world temperature rise. US$1.6–3.8 trillion is...
Fighting Dengue Virus with Biological Weapons
Karachi, Nov 02 (IPS) – Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Tajammal felt a sense of “impending doom” as she fought high fever, nausea, bouts of vomiting and...
Lithium-ion batteries made with recycled materials can outlast newer counterparts
Lithium-ion batteries with recycled cathodes can outperform batteries with cathodes made from pristine materials, lasting for thousands of additional charging cycles, a study finds. ...
BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 01 (IPS) – As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the 26th United Nations...
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