Gene therapies for sickle cell disease come with hope and challenges
Today, it’s clear that our genes not only cause many diseases, but also hold potential cures. But that wasn’t always the case. It wasn’t...
Encourage today’s girls to become ‘tomorrow’s leading scientists and innovators’
In his message marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the UN chief on Friday called for an enabling environment where...
The many families on the island nation of Tonga who rely solely on the ocean for their food and income, are struggling to recover...
UNs Investigative Arm Launches Survey to Probe Racism & Discrimination in World Body
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) – The Joint Inspection Unit (JIU)– the UN’s only independent external oversight body mandated to conduct evaluations, inspections and...
Nobel Prizes and Donation Pledges
STOCKHOLM, Feb 11 (IPS) – While living and working in Paris I joined the Cercle Suédois, a social club founded in 1891, at a...
Africa on track to control pandemic this year but vigilance is key: WHO
Africa is on track to control the COVID-19 pandemic this year if current trends continue, but vigilance will remain key, the head of the...
Not a moment to lose, in race to meet Sustainable Development Goals: Guterres
The President of the UN General Assembly convened the first system-wide meeting on Thursday, dedicated to galvanizing action towards implementing the ground-breaking blueprint, known...
Teaching key to better ocean protection, says UNESCO chief
Education needs to be one of the key pillars for action by countries across the world to better protect the seas and oceans from...
Women living in Amazon River communities now have increased access to breast cancer screening along even its most remote banks, thanks to two new mammography units...
Humanitarians are continuing to support Madagascar in the wake of Cyclone Batsirai which hammered the island nation this past weekend, the UN said on...
Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects 
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint 
FRANCE: ‘The Government Should Learn to Respect Its People, Listen to Them and Consult Them’ 
COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy