Countries urged to develop pandemic preparedness and response treaty
A senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted the need for a global treaty on pandemic preparedness and response, urging countries...
Human trafficking: UN chief calls for action as COVID leaves ‘many millions’ more vulnerable
UN Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday urged States to take action against human trafficking, where a third of all victims are children. Read...
People being plunged into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in the killing of people with albinism, the outgoing UN...
Yemen: New World Bank funds offer lifeline to most vulnerable
Three UN agencies on Thursday welcomed $127 million in new funding from the World Bank to provide lifesaving support to some of the country’s...
Kenyas Huge Railway Project Is Causing Environmental Damage. Heres How
NAIROBI, Jul 29 (IPS) – Kenya is constructing a railway line that connects the coastal port of Mombasa and the interior of the country....
Alarming Crisis of Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in DRC
NEW DELHI, India, Jul 29 (IPS) – The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most hostile and dangerous regions for journalists. A...
DR Congo, Ituri. Fleeing War, Weaving Life in IDP Camps of Bunia
ROME, Jul 29 (IPS) – He moves aside the curtain, thin as gauze, and then bends over. The darkness dazzles for a few seconds...
Viruses can kill wasp larvae that grow inside infected caterpillars
When parasitic wasps come calling, some caterpillars have a surprising ally: a viral infection. Insects called parasitoid wasps lay their eggs inside young moth...
Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have made Earth’s largest ripple marks
The asteroid impact that slew the dinosaurs may have also indirectly sculpted the largest ripple marks ever found on Earth. A series of ridgelike...
Polar bears sometimes bludgeon walruses to death with stones or ice
Walruses, weighing as much as 1,300 kilograms with huge tusks and nearly impenetrable skulls, are almost impossible for a hungry polar bear to kill....
The Dollar-Gold Standard’s Lingering Demise 
BRAZIL: ‘Resistance Is Intergenerational, and Art Is How Energy Gets Renewed’ 
The Global Leaders Network Pushes to Protect Women’s and Children’s Health 
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 5