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...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Monday that the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, and the changing world of work, makes the right to social security for...
Multiple mediation efforts are underway in Sudan one week after the military seized power, UN Special Representative for the country, Volker Perthes, told journalists...
62 journalists killed in 2020, just for doing their jobs: UNESCO
In 2020 alone, according to UN cultural agency UNESCO, which works to protect media workers, 62 journalists were killed just for doing their jobs. Between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 professionals lost...
UNAIDS upholds decriminalization, access to services, on International Drug Users’ Day
People who use drugs should not be criminalized, the UN agency leading the global fight to stamp out HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) said on...
As the world on Monday passed yet another sombre pandemic milestone – five million lives lost to COVID-19 – Secretary-General António Guterres called on...
COP26: Enough of ‘treating nature like a toilet’ – Guterres brings stark call for climate action to Glasgow
As the World Leaders Summit opened on day two of COP26, UN chief António Guterres sent a stark message to the international community. “We...
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WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccines