Infants may laugh like some apes in their first months of life
Babies may laugh like some apes a few months after birth before transitioning to chuckling more like human adults, a new study finds. Laughter...
Clouds affected by wildfire smoke may produce less rain
When smoke rises from wildfires in the western United States, it pummels clouds with tiny airborne particles. What happens next with these clouds has...
In a Watershed Year for Climate Change, the Commonwealth Secretary-General calls for Urgent, Decisive and Sustained Climate Action
London, Sep 08 (IPS) – This November, five years after signing the Paris Agreement and pledging to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius...
Twenty Years After September 11, 2001: Institutions on Decline, But Religion Rising?
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) – Described as the “worst terrorist attack ever in the United States”, September 11, 2001 is a moment which...
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) – The Taliban takeover of government in Kabul is just days old, and the eyes of Afghans and the...
Climate action: Guterres hails Latin American and Caribbean leadership
The UN chief on Wednesday commended the leadership of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on climate action. Read the full story, “Climate action:...
Although UN peacekeeping missions can help put a country on the right track following conflict, only a commitment from national governments can keep it there over the long term,...
Mental health and psychosocial support must be seen as integral to all humanitarian, peacebuilding and development programmes across the UN, the Secretary-General said on Wednesday. Read the full story, “Make mental...
COVID-19: ‘Unacceptable’ deals and delays, hampering lifesaving COVAX deliveries
While 80 per cent of citizens in high and upper-middle income nations have had a dose of COVID-19 vaccine, that figure stands at just...
The President of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, on Wednesday called for an end to nuclear tests, as ambassadors gathered to commemorate the...
Occupied West Bank: Settler siege of Palestinians marks a new low 
Security Council LIVE: Escalating attacks threaten peace in Yemen 
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African Rights Advocates Coordinate Response to Family Law Backlash