The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Read the full story, “WHO establishes new scientific...
A Jupiter-like planet orbiting a white dwarf hints at our solar system’s future
A glimpse of our solar system’s future has appeared thousands of light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. There a giant planet like Jupiter orbits...
Huge numbers of fish-eating jaguars prowl Brazil’s wetlands
In a tract of central Brazilian wetlands, jaguars spend their days wading through chest-deep waters searching for fish. When not hunting, the big cats...
World Food Day: Climate Change is Exacerbating Hunger & Conflict—it’s Time to Break the Cycle
STOCKHOLM, Oct 13 (IPS) – Hunger, violent conflict and the visible impacts of climate change are all on the rise. World Food Day, October...
Atoll Nation of Tuvalu Adopts ‘Cubes’ to Step Up Nutritious Food Production
CANBERRA, Australia, Oct 13 (IPS) – Tuvalu, a small atoll island nation in the Central Pacific Ocean, is one of few countries in the...
Can we make transport safe and sustainable? An interview with motorsport chief, Jean Todt
Many developed countries have announced plans to ensure that fossil-fuel powered cars will be taken off the roads in the coming decades, but Jean...
Migrants and asylum seekers in Libya have been facing increasingly heavy-handed treatment from targeted security operations, that have resulted in at least one death and...
From electric cars and buses to zero-carbon producing energy sources, new and emerging technologies along with innovative policy changes, are critical for combating climate...
Inclusion is fundamental to rebuild societies in the wake of war and achieve durable peace, UN Secretary-General told world leaders, ambassadors and prominent global citizens meeting in the Security Council on...
The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and woman human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of “incitement to subversion” and being a foreign...
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