Flood-ravaged Nepal calls for climate justice
Nepal’s call for financial compensation following recent deadly floods underlines the need to help countries that contribute the least to climate change – but...
Lawmakers Need to Grapple With the ‘Human Story’ of the Aged, Youth, Women and Girls when Making Policy
KUALA LUMPUR & JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 10 (IPS) – “As parliamentarians, we should understand that behind every demographic indicator is a human story,”...
US Plans to Restrict Foreign Journalists Trigger Rising Protests
UNITED NATIONS, September 10 (IPS) – First, it was the mass deportations of undocumented aliens, then a crackdown on liberal-minded academics from prestigious US...
A Spectre is Haunting Europe — the Spectre of Ultra-Nationalism
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 10 (IPS) – During summer months there is a certain news drought. Nevertheless, this year social media has been crowded with...
Guterres urges leaders to invest in peace as conflicts deepen
The UN Secretary-General appealed on Wednesday for world leaders to invest in peace as violence, division and conflict exacerbate suffering worldwide. Read the full...
Development Goals Falter as Civil Society Is Shut Out
BRUSSELS, Belgium / MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, September 9 (IPS) – When the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) ended in New York in...
UN and Partners Work to Stabilize Health and WASH Systems in Venezuela Following Deadly Earthquakes
UNITED NATIONS, September 9 (IPS) – Two months after devastating twin earthquakes struck northern and central Venezuela on June 24, the humanitarian community has...
AI may have solved one of math’s biggest puzzles, raising controversy
For decades, researchers wondered if the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe fluid flow, break down. OpenAI put thousands of agents on the question.
The shingles vaccine may protect the heart
Shingrix, the same vaccine that protects people from the blistering shingles rash, might also lower risk of heart disease.
Record number of attacks on education, global fund warns
While September traditionally marks the start of the school year across the northern hemisphere, a staggering 93 million children are not in class at...
WHO calls for urgent health action across the Eastern Mediterranean 
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery 
Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’ 
Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool