Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness
Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, if...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 (IPS) – Developing low- and middle-income economies are taking hard hits from global economic developments outside their control. Monetary tightening...
Thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in Somalia are at risk of dying, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday, urging donors...
‘Undeniable need for accountability’ in Ukraine as violations mount
The Independent Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, presented its first detailed written report to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, which concludes that there...
The situation in Mali continues to justify sustained international attention and engagement, the top UN official in the West African country told the Security...
Impact of Tigray airstrikes on civilians ‘utterly staggering’: UN rights chief
Parties to the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must cease all hostilities immediately and work towards a peaceful and lasting solution, the...
Global health: Women and children pay heaviest price for ‘gaping inequities’
A new UN report shows that women’s and children’s health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change...
Are Climate Summits a Waste of Time?
NEW YORK, Oct 18 (IPS) – The 27th annual UN climate summit is taking place in November. Will it be worth all the time...
Farmers in Laos Imagine Improved Livelihoods Thanks to New Cross-border Links
VIENTIANE, Laos, Oct 18 (IPS) – Mountainous terrain in northern Laos has until now restricted chances for farmers and producers in much of the...
For the first time, astronomers saw dust in space being pushed by starlight
A pair of stars in our galaxy is revealing how light pushes around matter. It’s the first time anyone has directly seen how the...
Estrogen therapy is linked to fewer signs of Alzheimer’s in the brain 
A vest tested on the Artemis I mission blocked some radiation exposure 
Frankenstein in Charge: Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s Gaza Plan 
Malawi Bets on Battery Storage to Climate-Proof Its Fragile Power Grid