The world currently faces unprecedented catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity, according to UN agencies, and around $6.6 billion is needed urgently, to support 41 million in danger of sliding into famine. ...
IUCN World Conservation Congress Warns Humanity at Tipping Point
St Davids, Wales, Oct 04 (IPS) – The world’s most influential conservation congress, meeting for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19...
Scientists are one step closer to error-correcting quantum computers
Mistakes happen — especially in quantum computers. The fragile quantum bits, or qubits, that make up the machines are notoriously error-prone, but now scientists...
A custom brain implant lifted a woman’s severe depression
A personalized brain implant eased the crushing symptoms of a woman’s severe depression, allowing her to once again see the beauty of the world....
Ivorian Cocoa Farmers Are Beating a System To Reduce Child Labour: Here’s How
Oct 04 (IPS) – The evidence of child labour on cocoa farms in West Africa became public knowledge in the late 1990s. This followed...
Discovering how we sense temperature and touch wins the 2021 medicine Nobel Prize
Some touching research took the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. David Julius of the University of California, San Francisco and Ardem Patapoutian...
For the UN Secretary-General, the benefits of making cities more environmentally friendly are “enormous”, and include reduced climate risk, more jobs, and better health and well-being. Read the full story, “Guterres highlights ‘enormous’ benefits...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Oct 04 (IPS) – There is no doubt that Secretary General Antonio Guterres is going big and bold with the recent release...
The UN Secretary-General has condemned an attack against peacekeepers in Mali on Saturday which left one Egyptian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and four others seriously injured. Read...
The UN Secretary-General on Sunday said he was committed to ensuring that the Organisation is a place where “youth voices are heard, and their...
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