Some wasps’ nests glow green under ultraviolet light
Beam a black light into some Vietnamese forests at night, and brilliant green bulbs may glow in the trees. These eerie lanterns are the...
SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 02 (IPS) – Joe Biden provided a stirring soundbite days ago when he spoke from the White House just after suicide...
A new centre in Berlin, Germany, launched on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to help countries better assess and respond to...
A new coronavirus “variant of interest” named Mu – also known by its scientific name as B.1.621 – is being closely monitored by the...
A new platform launched on Wednesday by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will ease severe COVID-19 vaccine shortages and safeguard more people in...
Afghanistan crisis: Food supply for millions could run out this month
Food stocks in Afghanistan could run out as soon as this month, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday, urging the international community to step...
Stone Age humans or their relatives occasionally trekked through a green Arabia
Arabia, known today for its desert landscape, served as a “green turnstile” for migrating Stone Age members of the human genus starting around 400,000...
Fires may have affected up to 85 percent of threatened Amazon species
Much of the Amazon’s biodiversity is under fire — literally. In the last two decades, deforestation and forest fires have encroached on the ranges...
Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives – WMO report
Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the...
4.1 billion lack social safety net, warns UN labour agency
More than four billion people live without any welfare protection today to cushion them from crisis, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday, while...
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