COP26: ‘Not blah blah blah’, UN Special Envoy Carney presents watershed private sector commitment for climate finance
It’s ‘Finance Day’ at COP26, and the spotlight is on a big announcement: nearly 500 global financial services firms agreed on Wednesday to align...
At least 8 children have reportedly been killed or injured in escalating violence in Yemen in the past five days. Read the full story,...
Daughters of a Lesser God (I) 800 Million Girls Forced to Be Mothers
MADRID, Nov 03 (IPS) – Imagine your child, your daughter, being genitally mutilated and, further on, sold or even handed over for free to...
Baleen whales eat (and poop) a lot more than we realized
Whalers have plucked giant whales from the sea for much of the last century, reducing their numbers by up to 99 percent for certain...
All parties involved in the escalating conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray must stop fighting immediately, or else risk pushing the region’s catastrophic humanitarian situation “over...
Neutron star collisions probably make more gold than other cosmic smashups
The cosmic origins of elements heavier than iron are mysterious. One elemental birthplace came to light in 2017 when two neutron-rich dead stars collided...
Pluto’s dark side reveals clues to its atmosphere and frost cycles
Pluto’s dark side has come into dim view, thanks to the light of the dwarf planet’s moon. When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past...
Indigenous Communities & Human Rights Defenders Under Siege in Colombia
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 03 (IPS) – On 21 October, I had the honor of addressing the UN Security Council at the annual open debate...
COP26 Discussions Must Prioritize Agriculture
URBANA, Illinois, Nov 03 (IPS) – Local, national and world leaders, and committed climate change activists are in Glasgow for the 26th UN Climate...
New vaccines are urgently needed against a common bacterium which is a major cause of preterm births, disability and babies’ deaths globally, according to a UN-backed...
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’ 
‘Season of fear’: Escalating Israeli attacks on West Bank olive farmers, deadly strikes on Gaza