Tigray: Food aid reaches Afar and Amhara, but situation still ‘dire’
The first round of food distributions to people in Afar and Amhara regions impacted by the spread of the conflict in northern Ethiopia has...
Half of Afghanistan’s under-5s expected to suffer acute malnutrition
An estimated 3.2 million Afghan children under five, are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, adding...
Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF
In northern Mozambique, worrying reports emerged on Tuesday that children as young as five have been shown how to handle weapons and indoctrinated to...
ROME and AMSTERDAM, Oct 05 (IPS) – The USA and its allies have repeatedly stated that promoting women’s rights was one of the key...
Work on complex systems, including Earth’s climate, wins the physics Nobel Prize
Earth’s climate is a vastly complex system on a grand scale. On a microscopic level, so is the complicated physics of atoms and molecules...
NEW YORK/GENEVA, Oct 05 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the face of education globally, but for children in emergencies and protracted crises,...
Less Overseas Coal Is Good, But Developing Countries Still Need More Electricity
PARIS, Oct 05 (IPS) – President Xi announced last month that China is stopping its financing for new coal-fired power plants overseas. With this...
Radiometric dating puts pieces of the past in context. Here’s how
When a researcher picks up an object — whether it’s a scrap of leather from a dig site, a fossil from a museum drawer...
Making Online Health News Reliable, Accessible
New York, Oct 05 (IPS) – Telemedicine and health-related information have experienced a massive uptake since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. While online...
COVID-19 has taken a toll on the mental health of children and young people, and impacts could be felt for many years to come,...
As El Niño Returns, East Africa’s Urban Poor Brace for Heavy Rains 
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’