Radiometric dating puts pieces of the past in context. Here’s how
When a researcher picks up an object — whether it’s a scrap of leather from a dig site, a fossil from a museum drawer...
Making Online Health News Reliable, Accessible
New York, Oct 05 (IPS) – Telemedicine and health-related information have experienced a massive uptake since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. While online...
COVID-19 has taken a toll on the mental health of children and young people, and impacts could be felt for many years to come,...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 05 (IPS) – As finance ministers and central bank governors gather next week for the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in...
LONDON, Oct 05 (IPS) – Addressing the UN General Assembly last month President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka raised several concerns, two that had...
Multilateral Financial Institutions Can Catalyze Public Development Banks (PDB) to Deliver SDGs
NEW DELHI, India, Oct 05 (IPS) – There is broad consensus that realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate...
War crimes and crimes against humanity have likely been committed in Libya by all parties to conflict since 2016 including by external actors, a...
Haiti facing stalled elections, kidnapping surge, rampant insecurity
Haiti is currently undergoing “one of the most fraught periods of its recent history”, the head of the UN office in the country told...
Only around 1 in 5 space industry workers are women
The number of women employed in the international space industry represents just 20-22 percent of the workforce, according to figures released by the UN; roughly the same proportion as 30...
Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must be sustainable and inclusive, Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to a major UN trade conference which opened...
Nuclear Victims’ Experiences Must Be at the Heart of Global Efforts for Assistance and Remediation 
LIECHTENSTEIN: ‘We Have One of the Strictest Abortion Bans in Europe’ 
New reservoir offers innovative solution to South Sudan cattle beef 
‘Advance safety for all’: International police cooperation helps tackle cross-border crime