ECW’s Yasmine Sherif Asks Donors to Redouble Efforts for DRC Displaced Children
Kinshasa, Oct 28 (IPS) – Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW) director Yasmine Sherif said that she was “deeply moved” by the resilience of...
Mountain lions pushed out by wildfires take more risks
Mountain lions have no interest in people, or the built-up areas we enjoy. But after a 2018 wildfire in California, local lions took more...
Meet the BOAT, the brightest gamma-ray burst of all time
The brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded recently lit up a distant galaxy — and astronomers have nicknamed it the BOAT, for Brightest of All...
The United Nations is not aware of any biological weapons programmes in Ukraine, a senior official in the Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) reiterated...
GENEVA, Oct 28 (IPS) – The organisational is personal. Every day since the two of us were asked back in 2020 to co-lead the...
Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, tantamount to ‘settler-colonialism’: UN expert
Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, tantamount to ‘settler-colonialism’: UN expert
Israel’s occupation is illegal and indistinguishable from a “settler-colonial” situation, which must end, as a pre-condition for Palestinians to exercise their right to self-determination,...
UN counter-terrorism body backs innovations to fight digital terror
The growing threat posed by new and emerging technologies to global security is the focus of a special meeting of the UN Security Council...
Rise in TB deaths another fallout from the pandemic, WHO report reveals
Tuberculosis (TB) deaths and infections rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted access to treatment and support services, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported...
Time for ‘concrete action’ by international community to hold Iran’s security forces to account
Condemnation of the brutal and on-going crackdown of protests in Iran is “not enough”, said the UN independent human rights expert for the country...
Climate change: No ‘credible pathway’ to 1.5C limit, UNEP warns
National pledges to reduce harmful emissions offer little hope of avoiding climate disaster, UN climate experts said on Thursday, in an urgent appeal for a radical transformation...
AI agents aren’t ready to replace humans in behavioral research 
One in five children in 21 nations faced tech-facilitated sexual abuse: UNICEF 
El Niño is surging. Months of extreme heat could follow 
Strengthen Africa’s Seed Systems El Niño Threat Becomes Reality Again