Afghanistan: UN agencies urge Taliban to make good on promises to protect vulnerable
Afghan civilians continue to bear the brunt of the Taliban takeover in the country where humanitarian needs remain critical and widespread among existing and...
Poor Sales at Slated Namibian Elephant Auction
BRATISLAVA, Aug 17 (IPS) – A heavily criticised Namibian government sale of elephants has attracted only a third of its expected sales as government...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Aug 17 (IPS) – The writer, co-Founder of ENGAGE, a not-for-profit NGO in Nepal, writes on volunteerism, social inclusion, youth development and...
As the Taliban Returns, 20 Years of Progress for Women Looks Set to Disappear Overnight
Aug 17 (IPS) – As the Taliban takes control of the country, Afghanistan has again become an extremely dangerous place to be a woman....
Sunbirds’ dazzling feathers are hot, in both senses of the word
The birds’ flashy, iridescent feathers heat up more than other types of feathers, possibly making it harder to stay cool in hot, sunny conditions. If...
Vera Rubin’s work on dark matter led to a paradigm shift in cosmology
Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and BeyondAshley Jean YeagerMIT Press, $24.95 Vera Rubin’s research forced cosmologists to radically reimagine the cosmos. In the 1960s and...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (IPS) – Decades of public health cuts have quietly taken a huge human toll, now even more pronounced...
As desperate Afghans were trying to escape the Taliban and board planes, during chaotic scenes at Kabul airport on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
A case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in Côte d’Ivoire for the first time since 1994, the country’s Ministry of Health has confirmed....
FROM THE FIELD: Human ‘damage’ on the front-line of the climate crisis
The damage to people and livelihoods caused by climate change is happening at a scale that “people on the front lines cannot manage”, according...
Nuclear Victims’ Experiences Must Be at the Heart of Global Efforts for Assistance and Remediation 
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‘Advance safety for all’: International police cooperation helps tackle cross-border crime