Clashes displace thousands in Darfur, where 6.2 million will need assistance next year
With escalating violence displacing thousands of people since November, the humanitarian situation in Sudan’s Darfur is getting worse and around 6.2 million people will need humanitarian assistance next year, UN agencies reported on Tuesday. Read the full...
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday launched an appeal for a record $9.4 billion as attacks against children continue to rise. Close to 24,000 grave violations against youngsters were confirmed last...
Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel, must not be ignored by the...
Time for Public Conversation, Justice after Blasphemy killing in Pakistan, say Rights Activists
Dec 07 (IPS) – Mukhtiar’s heart sank when he saw the grisly incident of lynching of a man in the industrial city of Sialkot,...
Belarusian Journalists Keep Reporting From Exile – Here’s How
VILNA, Dec 07 (IPS) – Independent journalism has come increasingly under attack in Belarus, as the country has become a regional hotspot of media...
Physicists have coaxed ultracold atoms into an elusive form of quantum matter
An elusive form of matter called a quantum spin liquid isn’t a liquid, and it doesn’t spin — but it sure is quantum. Predicted...
A massive 8-year effort finds that much cancer research can’t be replicated
After eight years, a project that tried to reproduce the results of key cancer biology studies has finally concluded. And its findings suggest that...
Women sweep UN’s 2021 ‘Champions of the Earth’ awards
A Caribbean-based prime minister, a scientist, a group of indigenous women, and an entrepreneur were announced on Tuesday as this year’s winners of the United Nations’ Champions of the Earth awards. Read the full...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 07 (IPS) – Funding for developing countries to address global warming is grossly inadequate. Very little finance is for...
GENEVA, Dec 07 (IPS) – On 25 November, news emerged from South Africa of a new COVID-19 variant. It has since been identified as...
As El Niño Returns, East Africa’s Urban Poor Brace for Heavy Rains 
Hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty: Türk 
UN condemns deadly wave of drone strikes in war-torn Sudan 
Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’