Expressing alarm over “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide”, more than 40 UN-appointed human rights experts on Friday called for an end to...
The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on Taliban militants to “immediately halt” their offensive against Government forces and return to the negotiating table in...
UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed deep concern on Friday over Israeli military interference in the work of a well-known, independent Palestinian child rights...
Probiotics help lab corals survive deadly heat stress
Warming seas threaten to turn coral reefs from kaleidoscopes of color into bleached fields of rubble. To stop this degradation, some scientists are exploring...
UN health agency urges support for new COVID-19 origins studies
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all countries “to put differences aside” in order to speed up efforts to understand where and how...
ACCRA, Ghana, Aug 13 (IPS) – ‘Know your customers’ is arguably the first rule of marketing. By identifying and segmenting customer groups, companies can...
Afghanistan is on course to witness its highest ever number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since records began, the UN refugee...
Here Is How We Can Keep Women Safe From Sexual Violence
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13 (IPS) – The past weeks have been quite traumatic for the women of Pakistan. Recently, a young woman named Noor Mukadam...
Digitisation Boosts Mechanised Farming Among Kenyan Farmers
Nakuru, Kenya, Aug 13 (IPS) – When 33-year-old Kimani Mwaniki, an Irish potato farmer in Elburgon, Nakuru County in Kenya’s Rift Valley, heard about...
How different COVID-19 testing plans can help keep kids safe in school
Backpack? Check. Notebooks and pencils? Check. Coronavirus test? Check. As fall approaches, many parents and teachers hope to leave Zoom school behind and have...
Türkiye’s changes to child detention ‘raise serious human rights concerns’ 
Ukraine: Civilian casualties hit highest level since March 2022 
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