As Gambians prepare to choose their next president on Saturday, the UN Secretary-General asked on Friday for voters to help foster “a peaceful environment” at the polls. Read the...
Somalia: Security Council adopts resolution to keep pirates at bay
The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to combat the continuing threat of piracy off the coast of Somalia, as shipping and...
Zero-Leprosy in Pandemic: Experts, Advocates Discuss New Strategies
Hyderabad, Dec 03 (IPS) – As 2021 nears its end, public health systems worldwide remain severely strained by COVID 19, which is showing no...
As scientists continue to investigate the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries not to panic but to...
Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Friday that those with a disability were among the hardest hit by the pandemic. Read the full story,...
COP26: Convert climate ‘promises to action’, urge UN rights experts
Marking the 35th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, independent UN human rights experts on Friday issued an urgent call to...
Act to Save Children Living Precarious Lives in Cameroons Forgotten and Neglected Conflict
Yaound̩, Cameroon, Dec 03 (IPS) РEducation is under attack in Cameroon. As one of the most complex humanitarian crises in the world unfolds,...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Dec 03 (IPS) – In these times of COVIDisolation, social distance get on the nerves of several of us and the...
Tiny living machines called xenobots can create copies of themselves
Tiny “living machines” made of frog cells can replicate themselves, making copies that can then go on to do the same. This newly described...
Can psychedelics meet their potential for treating mental health disorders?
Kanu Caplash was lying on a futon in a medical center in Connecticut, wearing an eye mask and listening to music. But his mind...
Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects 
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint 
FRANCE: ‘The Government Should Learn to Respect Its People, Listen to Them and Consult Them’ 
COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy