The End of World Bank’s “Doing Business Report”: A Landmark Victory for People & Planet
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Sep 29 (IPS) – The September 16, 2021 announcement from the World Bank that it had discontinued publication of the Doing...
The spoken word album ‘Experimental Words’ weaves rhyme with reason
B. Gregory “Science asks the questions. / And poetry marks the spot.” This line from “Unweaving Science,” the opening track of the spoken word...
The world needs a new approach to allow as many people as possible to access digital data across borders, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...
A lack of food, hunger and malnutrition affect every country in the world, the UN said on Tuesday, in an urgent appeal for action...
Following a decade of appalling suffering and losses in Syria, and amid a current period of relative calm, now is the time to push...
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has caused and perpetuated “truly shocking” inequality that has affected the world’s most vulnerable individuals, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on...
Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in...
The UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict on Tuesday urged authorities in Guinea to abide by their commitment towards impartial and independent...
All identical twins may share a common set of chemical markers on their DNA
Identical siblings are used to sharing a lot with their twin, including their DNA. But new research suggests all identical twins share a common...
More than 200,000 lives could be saved annually if the goals of a new global strategy to defeat meningitis are achieved, the World Health...
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