Build consensus or face ‘increasingly desperate reality’, warns Middle East envoy
Political stagnation is “fuelling tensions, instability and a deepening sense of hopelessness”, the top UN official working towards peace in the Middle East warned...
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is supporting the Government of South Sudan in assisting people hit hard by the worst flooding there in decades. Read the full story, “UNHCR responding...
Myanmar: Three million in urgent need of life-saving assistance, protection
The UN Country Team in Myanmar remains “deeply concerned over the humanitarian impact” of the country’s ongoing crises stemming largely from the military coup...
Here’s what we know about booster shots for Moderna’s and J&J’s COVID-19 vaccines
Millions of people who got Moderna’s or Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccines are expected to soon be lining up for another dose. On October...
Climate change contributed to mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and partners said in a...
Guess Whos Behind Paralysis on COVID19 in the UN Committee on World Food Security
ROME, Oct 19 (IPS) – ‘COVID 19 has multiplied hunger and malnutrition challenges. We need transformative action!’ The first speaker at the UN Committee...
Turning Carriers of Water into Managers of Water
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Oct 19 (IPS) – Each morning, Langelihle Tshuma checks her taps to confirm the water supply before preparing for the day ahead....
An agile gecko found in India named after the legendary Jackie Chan
Martial arts legend Jackie Chan may not be aware of this yet but some of his biggest fans are a group of adoring herpetologists...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 (IPS) – The bogey of inflation has been revived. Dubious pre-pandemic economic progress, fiscal constraints and vaccine apartheid...
NEW YORK, Oct 19 (IPS) – Last week’s annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and G20 finance ministers illustrated that...
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