World News in Brief: Korea tensions mount, UN demands answers over staff death in Yemen, Guterres in Spain, Nepal alert ahead of COP31
UN Secretary-General António Guterres remains concerned over the situation on the Korean Peninsula, including the potential escalation of tensions across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),...
Two new Ebola vaccines to join DR Congo clinical trial
Two new Ebola vaccine candidates will be added to a clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the country continues...
Children at risk as war zone attacks on water and sanitation more than triple
Attacks that damaged or destroyed water and sanitation systems in conflict zones tripled between 2021 and 2025, increasing children’s risk of exposure to disease...
I Also Accuse
GENEVA, November 5 (IPS) – Following my first article with a similar title, I must note that many actors have contributed, and continue to...
How octopuses squeeze through tiny openings, step by step
In the lab, octopuses used specific moves to slip arms and a bulbous body through tiny holes. The finding could inspire new body plans...
Record-low temperature created on China’s space station
With gravity’s effects mitigated, atoms orbiting Earth on China’s space station reached about 10 trillionths of a kelvin.
COP31 explained: What’s at stake at this year’s UN climate summit?
The world has more tools than ever to tackle climate change, yet millions remain unable to benefit from them. As clean energy technologies advance...
Wealth Buys Protection in Climate Crisis – Oxfam
NAIROBI & SRINAGAR, India, November 5 (IPS) – The world’s wealthiest people are driving a disproportionate share of climate pollution while poorer communities bear...
Historic Low Fertility Rate in the United States
PORTLAND, USA, November 5 (IPS) – Approximately 110 countries, including the United States, have fertility rates below the replacement level of 2.1 births per...
INDIA: ‘The Protest Movement Refuses to Die down, and the Government’s Legitimacy Is Now in Doubt’
CIVICUS discusses India’s Gen Z-led protest movement and civic space restrictions with Avinash Kumar, National Co-convenor of Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, a network that...
Climate crisis could push 141 million more women into extreme poverty 
Sudan war: First suicide bombers, now long-range drone strikes are the norm 
When deaths go uncounted: WHO flags dangerous blind spots in Africa’s health data 
Security Council LIVE: South Sudan’s first elections loom amid rising violence