UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate recent deadly attacks by insurgents in the...
Naomi Osakas Bravery can be a Teachable Moment about Mental Health
ABUJA, Jun 02 (IPS) – Recently, Naomi Osaka, the number 2 ranked women’s tennis player in the world, said she would not participate in the press...
Even hard-to-kill tardigrades can’t always survive being shot out of a gun
Tardigrades aren’t completely bulletproof, after all. These microscopic critters, also known as water bears, are practically unkillable (SN: 7/14/17). They can go years without...
Life Below Water the UN Calls for Action on Ocean Protection
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) – President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has told a high-level debate on oceans that the...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 02 (IPS) – The following Oped is part of a series of articles to commemorate World Environment Day June 5With the...
Governments are being urged to finance a new $50 billion roadmap to end the COVID-19 pandemic and drive a fast recovery, announced on Tuesday...
The world must harness “clear, transformative and actionable solutions” to address the ocean crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Tuesday,...
More than one million people in two areas of the war-ravaged Tigray region in Ethiopia have received emergency food assistance since distributions began in March,...
Amidst COVID surge, Asia-Pacific region needs ‘immediate and stronger support’
With the coronavirus still raging in many parts of the world, the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday of vaccine shortages, especially in...
Calls for Zimbabwean Journalist Jeffrey Moyo to be Given a Fair Trail after Bail Denied
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 01 (IPS) – As international correspondent Jeffrey Moyo was denied bail for allegedly breaching a section of the Zimbabwe Immigration Act...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now