How some lizards breathe underwater
Some anole lizards have a newfound superpower: They can breathe underwater by trapping air in a bubble on their snouts. What’s more, these reptiles...
Why it’s still so hard to find treatments for early COVID-19
More than a year and a half into the pandemic, researchers are beginning to get a handle on how the coronavirus makes people sick...
Stepping Up to Meet Low-Income Countries Pandemic Recovery Needs
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 27 (IPS) – Low-income countries have been hard hit by the pandemic. Their large financing needs are only likely to grow...
ROME and AMSTERDAM, Jul 27 (IPS) – There is nothing honourable about murder. And murdering someone of your own family, your own child –...
Together, we must tackle growing hunger, urges Guterres
Inefficient global food production is at the root of a huge rise in hunger as well as one-third of all emissions and 80 per...
The world is waking up to the importance of mangroves, a senior UN official said on Monday, underscoring the need for everyone to support restoration...
Negotiations began on Monday to approve a UN science report which will anchor high level summits later this year, charged with boosting climate action worldwide. Read...
Landmark elections in the Occupied Palestinian territory must be rescheduled soon and include East Jerusalem, three UN independent human rights experts said in a...
Outstanding sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
An ancient temple in India and a “cultural landscape” in Spain have become two of the latest sites to be registered on the UN’s prestigious World Heritage List. Read the full story, “Outstanding...
At least half a million children under five in drought-afflicted southern Madagascar are on the verge of acute malnourishment, two UN agencies warned on Monday. Read the...
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