Authorities in Sudan must immediately halt unnecessary and disproportionate use of force against protesters, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, calling...
At least three people have died in Tonga following the massive volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami wave that hit over the weekend. Homes and...
Bachelet: Women’s participation forging peace worldwide, ‘vastly worse’ post pandemic
With COVID-19, the situation for women human rights defenders and the prospects for women’s full participation in building peace, has become “vastly worse”, the UN...
The UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, on Tuesday appealed for $1.6 billion to support its lifesaving work this year amid acute regional...
Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which gives the head of the World Health Organization...
UN celebrates 25 years of mandate to protect children caught in conflict
Although international action over the past 25 years has led to the release of more than 170,000 boys and girls recruited to fight, more...
Asia-Pacific: Just 5% of the Region’s Population Owns 70% of Its Total Wealth
MADRID, Jan 18 (IPS) – The Asia-Pacific region is experiencing growing inequality even while registering impressive economic growth and poverty reduction. Such sharp inequalities...
Adolescents Left Behind Global AIDS Response – Experts Experts
Nairobi, Kenya, Jan 18 (IPS) – The ominous warning came in 2019 through an anonymous message on her mobile phone to stay away from...
Take an online journey through the history of math
Around 1900 B.C., a student in the Sumerian city of Nippur, in what’s now Iraq, copied a multiplication table onto a clay tablet. Some...
Scientists vacuumed animal DNA out of thin air for the first time
On a dreary winter day in December of 2020, ecologist Elizabeth Clare strolled through the Hamerton Zoo Park in England wielding a small vacuum...
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